The next morning, after the yamen, Chen Si began to talk one by one, divide the powers and clarify the tasks of his subordinate officials. He talked about five or six times. It was reported outside that Wang Yongji, the magistrate of Wu County, and together with the republicant Gui Youguang, came to report on the progress of the case.
Chen Ji then remembered that the two murders yesterday were about to open for inquiries tomorrow, so he stopped talking and let them in.
Wang Yongji was still clean and elegant, greeting the adults. After giving him a seat in silence, he whispered: "Master, according to your instructions, the official has already learned about the two murders."
Chen Si took the file handed over by Gui Youguang, looked around for a few glances, and put it on the table and said, "Brother Runlian is not an outsider. When you know that I know nothing about criminal investigation, you should tell me what you think and let me listen."
"Sir, you are modest." Wang Yongji laughed and said, "Then the official will just say a few words." Then he picked up the top file and glanced at it and said, "Let's just say that this son killed his father first."
Chen Si nodded, and then listened to Wang Yongji, "There is a suspicion in this case. The lower official and Zhenchuan Gong went to investigate. When they entered the door, they saw an old man with white hair facing the loess and slumped in a pool of blood. After the coroner's autopsy, they found that the fatal injury was the back of the dead, and three wounds arranged in a regular manner." As he said that, he took out a piece of paper from the file and handed it to Chen Si, "Please look by sir."
After taking the silence, I saw a portrait of a person's back of his head - there were three blunt-like wounds, the distance between the wounds was equal, and arranged obliquely at the back of his head.
"Where is the doubt?" You said that the journey is like a mountain, and there is no clue in silence.
"Sir," Gui Youguang broke up for him, "What puzzles us is that this does not seem like a blind man did." Seeing that Chen Si did not show an unhappy expression, he continued: "Sir, you think that if a blind man gets angry and beats people, he usually gets angry. The dead should be in a mess, but the three wounds are clearly arranged neatly, which is obviously not something a blind man can do."
Chen Si understood now, patted his cheek and said, "What do you mean is this done by someone with a clear eye?"
"I'm almost done with it," Gui Youguang nodded and said, "But he insisted that it was done by himself, and we couldn't find any counter-proof." At this time, there was no advanced detection method, so you can often convict based on confession alone, especially such confession without any coercion.
"What do you mean, what should I do about this case?" Chen Si asked softly.
"Although someone receives the crime, the truth still needs to be found out." Gui Youguang said: "There is no airtight wall in the world. Sooner or later, one day will be revealed in the world. If we kill the wrong person, we will be impeached."
Wang Yongji said, "But the officials have questioned carefully. No one witnessed the murder of the deceased. When the first person saw the deceased, the blind Huang Qi was there, holding the murder weapon." As he said that, he put a short wooden sword placed in the tray to the Lord.
Looking at the blood-stained weapon silently, he couldn't help but ask: "Is it the one who killed people?"
"Sir, don't underestimate this short sword. It is made of jujube wood and has a very hard texture. It can be fatal to stab the back of the head with a sharpened sword." Gui Youguang said: "The coroner has already compared the wounds, and it was the one that was created by this short sword."
Chen Silent shook his head slowly and said, "I don't mean that, I mean..." He pointed to the wooden short sword and said, "Can an adult commit a murder with this thing?" He said, "Anyway, if it were me who wanted to kill someone, when preparing the weapon, a kitchen knife or even a shovel will give me confidence, it will be more than a toy short sword..."
"Sir, I mean..." the two asked in unison.
"Don't rush to draw conclusions," Chen Si raised his hand and said, "Tell me about his family relationship... who is the one in his family?"
"Huang Qi has been married to his wife for many years, and has died after several children. Now he has only one only son, and he is eleven or twelve years old this year. My mother has died long ago, and there is only one father on her. A sister got married last year, and a younger brother has also gotten married and had children." Wang Yongji is a very careful person, which can be seen from the details of his investigation.
"How are their family's conditions?" asked silently.
"On average, an ordinary family of food and clothing." Gui Youguang said, "But the eldest son, the blind Huang Qi family, lives a very difficult life." Seeing the adults showing a look of searching, Gui Youguang explained, "They are not separated. The three of them live in the same yard. From the decorations of the three houses and their clothes, we can see that Huang Qi's worst life is."
"Yes, when we went there, it was their house for lunch," said Jinggui Youguang, and Wang Yongji also remembered something: "His brother's house eats white rice, and his house has only vegetable buns in the pot."
"It is necessary to send that sister to ask." Chen Si ordered Gui Youguang: "Mr. Zhenchuan, go and do this."
"Okay," Gui Youguang stood up and said, "I am here to get back as soon as possible."
After Gui Youguang left, Chen Si asked again: "Where is another case?"
Seeing that the adult seemed to have made a plan, Wang Yongji did not say much, so he took out the following file and said, "The case is just the opposite. He killed people in the street, witnessed many people, and the murderer confessed. It was a foregone conclusion."
"It would be great if it was all that simple..." In front of the like-minded old acquaintance, silence did not hide his little inertia.
"Sir, please listen to my explanation of the case." Wang Yongji smiled and said, "The murderer is Feng Yuannian, from Fuzhou, Fujian. The deceased is a man and a woman, and he is also from Fuzhou."
"Then why didn't you travel thousands of miles to Suzhou to kill people?" asked silently: "The financial dispute between the old countrymen."
"No." Wang Yongji shook his head and said, "It's a peach incident."
"Oh..." Chen Si said with interest: "I hope to hear it carefully."
"Feng Yuannian was a wealthy family in Fujian. His concubine Yuzhu and his servant Zhou Jiu committed adultery. He fled with his wealth and went to our Suzhou to buy a house and live in peace, thinking that he could spend the rest of his life." Wang Yongji said: "Feng Yuannian was both rich and mocked by the village. He was ashamed of himself. So he tried every means to find out the whereabouts of the adulterer/prostitute. After half a year, he finally found the man and woman. Just as they saw the two of them being close friends, he was furious and came forward to pull them to meet the officials."
At this time, adultery was a serious crime and wanted to soak the pig cage. Zhou Jiu naturally would not sit and wait for death and wanted to run away. As a result, Feng Yuannian killed him with a kitchen knife hidden in his arms. The jade bead was also chopped and killed by him because he wanted to protect Zhou Jiu.
"If so," Chen said in a deep voice: "Feng Yuannian is accused of murder."
"Why did Feng Yuannian be guilty of being guilty?" Wang Yongji disagreed: "The adulterer/the adulterer was committed first, which was already a death sentence. The adulterer also had a sharp knife and took the lead in attacking Feng Yuannian. He took the rape on the spot and eliminated the two of them, so what would the crime be guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being guilty of being
Chen Si shook his head and said, "No matter how adulterers should deal with it, they should be judged by the yamen and reported to the court for execution." He said in a more intense tone: "Only those who have been judged by His Majesty, we have the right to deprive them of their lives, otherwise no one will have the right to kill people!"
Wang Yongji shook his head and said, "Sir, it is inappropriate for you to say this." As he said that, he picked up a thick copy of the "Da Ming Law" on the table, turned to the "Criminal Law II" and the "Human Life" section, and pointed to Article 32 for silence.
The four words "kill adulterer" appeared in front of Shen Mo. He frowned and did not look at the following clause, so he recited to Wang Yongji: "When wives and concubines commit adultery, and the adulterer who is possessed by the gangster's relatives, they will immediately kill the adulterer, and the gangster's wife will be killed immediately. If the gangster is stopped, the gangster's wife will be punished according to the law and will be sold by the husband. If the gangster's wife and concubines commit adulterer's husband's councillor of murdering her husband, the adulterer will be executed. If the gangster commits suicide, the gangster's wife will be killed even if she does not know the truth..."
"The Lord is well versed in the law, and the emperor admires it." Wang Yongji exclaimed.
"It's just that I can recite," Chen Si said quietly and humbly, and said in a deep voice: "What you want me to read is the first sentence."
Wang Yongji nodded and said, "Yes. Any wife and concubine who commit adultery and who gets an adulterer and a gangster and a gangster's wife will be killed immediately, and then he will be determined." As he said that, he was about to make a final decision: "This case should be judged in accordance with this case, and Feng should be acquitted."
Chen Si still shook his head and said, "Brother Runlian, we are all scholars who are quainted with words. How can we be so careless?" Wang Yongji was speechless for a moment.
Yes, this clause does not apply to this case, because the premise of "killing without any slightest" is that my husband "acquired the adulterer and his wife from the traitor", which translates into vernacular Chinese, means "catching the adulterer in bed in person", so he must take the adulterer on the spot to obtain the "immunity of murder" of this rash.
As a Jinshi, Wang Yongji naturally would not be unable to understand this sentence. He smiled bitterly and said, "My Mansion Master, this matter should be sloppy."
Silently locked his eyebrows, and Wang Yong said with painstaking words: "This is where people envy us Jinshi officers. The officials also admitted that this case is indeed unfounded by the law, but it is understandable. Generally, officials from miscellaneous paths dare not judge this way. If the sentence is sentenced, there will be a verdict and impeachment, they will definitely not be able to withstand it. However, officials from Jinshi will only have good comments and praise them if they do this."
As he said that, he bowed to the silence and said, "Especially, you are the first-class scholar who is shining with golden light. Even if you do it, you will definitely be a good talk in the Qinglius Forest and will never damage your reputation." Afraid that he would not believe it, Wang Yongji also cursed: "The officials can use their own black veil to guarantee that the result must be like this."
The silent and tight brows did not stretch at all. After Wang Yongji spoke for a long time, he was still thinking... He was not a newcomer, so he naturally knew that the judgment of this matter was about "explainable". As long as "explainable", he would definitely forgive him. Even if there was no law, the official would definitely give up his grace outside the law and beat him up with sloppy eyes.
Just as Wang Yongji said, only by doing this will you get good reviews.
But "catching a villain in bed" is completely different from the current "chasing a villain and killing a villain". If the judgment is based on this example, it may be aroused to violence in the future.
Thinking of this, he raised his head and said slowly: "There is no problem to judge this case just by looking at this case." After a turn of the subject, he asked Wang Yongji: "But Brother Runlian has thought about it, why should the maker of this exemption clause emphasize 'catching the adulterer in bed'?"
"Why?" Wang Yong asked.
"Because I am afraid that this exemption will be abused." Anyway, the maker has been buried in peace and has not left a single word, so he quietly explained with confidence and boldness: "If the condition of 'catching the adulterer in bed' can be met, will there be mutual enemies who follow this case and kill the enemy, and then kill one of his concubines, claiming that the two of them commit adultery to avoid crime?"
"This..." Wang Yongji's forehead was sweating and said, "The Xiaguan really hasn't considered it."
"You have said just now that if I judge according to what you said, it will become a famous judgement that has been circulated and even the basis for judging cases." He said silently and deeply: "When the time comes, someone will definitely take advantage of this and start a killing. Where is the dignity of the "Da Ming Law" at that time? How can you and my conscience be at peace!"
"The Lord thought about Zhou Yuan, and the lower official was promising." Wang Yong said sincerely: "I really didn't think of this."
"Feng Yuannian had a better choice at that time. As long as he shouted 'Catch the adulterer', the pair of wild mandarin ducks would not be able to escape." Silently said: "But Feng Yuannian chose to kill silently, so I don't think he can be exempted."
"But if you want to convict him of death, it may cause trouble," Wang Yongji said worriedly: "This matter has been known to everyone in the city... After all, there are still many short-sighted people, and many ordinary people will sympathize with Feng Yuannian and ask the adults to change the verdict. If they make trouble in Nietai, or even the Ministry of Justice, they will be beaten back by them, the adults will become thankless and will be slutty." He said apologetically and smiled: "I am a little unspeakable, please forgive me."
Silently laughed and said, "I know that you, Wang Runlian, are a friend who can be intimate. I will definitely think about what you say to see if there is a way to achieve the best of both worlds." He said irresponsiblely and said, "Let's do this, first, and ask them if they are willing to take this case."
"I must be unwilling." Wang Yongji said: "They wish that this kind of case that hurts the weathering of the local area will help us clean up the mess. If you are too anxious, it will not only be ineffective, but also hurt your face."
"Who said he wanted to force them into a hurry?" Chen Si smiled sly and said, "This letter must be tactful and not tough. It should be better for the other party to see the hope of kicking the ball back."
"Oh..." Wang Yongji was naturally not stupid, and he could tell the truth: "It turns out that sir is trying to delay time..."
"Yes, after waiting for the other party to refuse, we will send someone to Fuzhou to investigate the real identity of the person involved and see if it is the kind of relationship Feng said. After a while, it will be delayed until the second half of the year." Chen Shu laughed: "In this case, I will first think about dealing with it coldly, and then talk about it when the public doesn't pay attention to this matter... no matter how you deal with it, the reaction will be much smaller."
Wang Yongji looked at the silent in disbelief and said, "Sir, you are really only twenty years old? Have you really never been a regular seal official?"
"What's wrong?" Chen Si smiled and said, "Do I look very old?"
"It's not old, but old Taoist." Wang Yongji held his thumb and said, "Tell me the truth. When I heard that you were coming to Suzhou, many officials could not accept it. I was one of them," he said frankly: "I couldn't believe at that time that a twenty-year-old young man could take on the important task of guarding the Mu Mansion. But now I believe that you are indeed the kind of genius who can stand up to ten years in a year."
Of course, I won’t say that. Actually, I was an official in my previous life. He smiled modestly and said, “Actually, I still have a lot of things I don’t understand. I just have to mention it like today.”
"This is what my subordinates should do." Wang Yongji said respectfully.
"There is really a question, I want to ask for advice." Chen Si said softly.
"Sir, please speak."
"What are the backgrounds of pawn shops and ticket numbers in Suzhou City?" asked silently: "You are from Su Song, so you should have heard of them."
"This..." Wang Yongji smiled apologetically and said, "I haven't paid attention to it, but Pan, Wang, Peng, and Chen are famous in Suzhou. These four major families are both rich and noble, with mixed connections in the city and amazingly powerful. If there are people behind these pawn shop tickets, it will definitely be inseparable from them."
"What are the backgrounds of these four families?" asked Chen Silently.
"They have been officials for generations and accumulated over the years," Wang Yongji smiled bitterly, "They are rich, and all their children read Piaotian for free, which is beyond the imagination of the world." He said in a low voice: "To be private, in fact, the former prefect Wang Chonggu was driven to Songjiang because he offended these people... The words were already spoken there. If he was still not honest, he would completely drive him out of Nanzhili!"
"It's so arrogant," Chen Si smiled and said, "I can't touch my tiger's butt!"
"Although it's ugly, it's exactly what it means." Wang Yongji continued to smile bitterly.
"I insist on touching it." Chen Si sneered: "Not only do you need to touch it, but also have to touch it very much!"
Chapter completed!