Chapter 295
There are many old cases in Dali Temple, and some prisoners are still in jail.
Xiao Han also went to prison and was taken by Dong Shaoqing to see various torture instruments, introduced the usage, and watched several interrogations and learned a lot.
I am familiar with the journey when I come here again. The prison minister who has been guarding here for many years is also impressed by her. After all, it is rare for young people who come here for the first time to see all of them, not only can they not vomit, but they can also be calm as usual.
The Prison Chief turned over the list and smiled angrily at Xiao Han, "The prisoner you mentioned couldn't survive the death of last year."
Being imprisoned in Dali Temple is a serious crime.
Especially those sentenced to death, the interrogators did not take any serious consequences, and the jailer did not care about life or death.
"That's it." Xiao Han nodded without saying much. She just read the files of one of the cases. She felt that there was something to break through and wanted to go for another trial. Unexpectedly, the prisoner died before the day of execution.
Many old cases were handed over by other prefectures. Xiao Han wanted to find out clearly and had to leave Beijing. For this reason, Xiao Han specially applied for Dong Shaoqing.
Dong Shaoqing was also quite satisfied with her attitude of not being arrogant or impatient and doing things in a low-key manner. She told her that she could mobilize twenty Tiqi people who accompanied her and could also ask for personnel when she went to the local government. With the Dali Temple warrant, the third rank and below should not be disturbed during the case handling period, otherwise it would be handled according to law.
It took Concubine Xiao two or three days to find out about Xiao Jiashu's departure from Beijing. She was addicted to solving the case. She was reading the file at night and did not take it home. She almost had food and accommodation in Dali Temple. The butler of the Xiao Mansion only saw her son once in ten days and half a month.
The newly planted grapes on this farm were borne. The housekeeper sent some, and then he found out that the young master had gone out of Beijing to handle the case.
Concubine Xiao has been in the palace for many years and has been happy, but she still has not given up her desire to take revenge. She has restrained her a lot because of Xiao Han's influence. At least she will not do anything to hurt the enemy for one thousand and hurt eight hundred.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Han Jinyu is not that easy to deal with by Zhenwu Hou Mansion.
Although Concubine Xiao was in the palace, there were many rumors outside.
After all, they were praised by the emperor, and the palace also began to rumor how powerful Xiao Jiashu was in solving the case.
This made Concubine Xiao proud and worried. What she initially thought was to give her younger brother a title and live her life comfortably. Now she is diligent and hardworking, but she is also famous.
If my parents and elder sister were there, I would definitely be happy.
Xiao Ruoqiao thought silently in his heart.
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"Xiao Sizheng, you are so amazing." The accompanying clerk sighed sincerely. After only two days, they asked them to investigate the carpenter business in the city. When asked about the suspicious aspects of the carpenter business in September last year, they found the escaped prisoner from their testimony.
This was a massacre of family murder. The government only caught one murderer. The man also signed the document and was sent to Dali Temple. The evidence was conclusive. Dali Temple delayed the date of the journey. It was suspected that there were accomplices and interrogated many times, but he failed and eventually died in prison.
When a person dies, he will be even more unable to open his mouth, and the case file will be sealed.
Xiao Han found some clues in the old case file and confirmed this in the prison cell where the prisoner had been. At least one of his accomplices was a carpenter.
Following this clue, the key was found in the testimony of the city's investigation. The destroyed Su family invited a carpenter to work half a month before the disaster.
But what the master didn't know was that the carpenter told his family about his wealth, and the people who made friends became greedy for money and colluded to commit a serious crime.
When Xiao Han and others came, the carpenter was still in the city. The case they committed was too big, and even the people from Dali Temple came to investigate. Even if accomplices confessed their guilt and surrendered to the death in order to protect them, they would not dare to move their families suddenly. They just thought that they would move out of here in two or three years, so as to use the robbed money.
Xiao Han did not stop and directly escorted the person back to Dali Temple.
The man had a hard bone before, it is said that because he had no relatives and only had one sister, he married one of his accomplices. The man was the first to propose the case of destroying the family and seizing wealth.
This time, the bones of other people were not so hard in the Dali Temple. Perhaps because all the brothers were caught, the money they robbed was also recovered.
Unfortunately, even if the evidence is conclusive and the sentence is sentenced, it is inevitable to go to this punishment.
Xiao Han really couldn't feel sympathy for them. Even if he had seen the families of these people, they might have become orphans and widows after their death and were scolded.
But the Su family, which was destroyed, was so innocent. They were honest and common people in the daytime, but because of their covetous and greedy for money, they became terrible jackals and killed more than 20 people in the family.
Dong Shaoqing was not surprised that Xiao Jiashu broke such a major case. Even if he left and came back within less than three days, he became calm after being surprised more times.
He brought a cup of tea to Xiao Han and talked about some sealed files. Some were mysterious and incredible. Some were secrets and involved very widely. It was difficult to investigate without evidence. Some were similar to the case that Xiao Jiashu solved this time. All the people found died, and even the prisoners who signed the documents were killed in prison. It was not their fault for their hard work.
Xiao Han said some clues that could be found from dead people, and searched for clues from different angles. When the chat was just right, a minor official came to report.
One of the criminals brought back could not bear the punishment. In order to beg for mercy, he actually said, "I have seen officers and soldiers killing the people."
"I got drunk. I was sleeping on the boat that day and saw a group of officers and soldiers chasing several people from afar."
He couldn't remember exactly what the prisoner had been a fisherman before, and the minor official who was in charge of punishment didn't know whether he was telling the truth or the lies. Maybe he was dreaming, but he still came to report to Xiao Han.
The prisoner provided few clues, and he forgot what day it was. He said randomly that nothing happened the next day. He thought he had not reported the official when he was drunk and dreamed of it. Of course, he had a case himself, and he would not report the case even if he really saw it.
Dong Shaoqing has an advantage, which is that he hates evil, but at the same time it also makes Dong Shaoqing prejudice against most criminals, especially murder, arson, and rape and robbers. It just so happened that the prisoners in this case made the murder and arson.
So he didn't believe the irrelevant nonsense he said to the criminals, but he did not stop Xiao Han from checking the files from neighboring prefectures and counties that year to see if something strange happened.
Dong Shaoqing shook his head. It was common for him to lose money during the investigation of the case.
When the lunch meal was delivered, Dong Shaoqing saw Xiao Jiashu holding a file in his hand. He looked at it curiously and saw at a glance that this was not a sealed old case, but a file that was deposited to Dali Temple to record the merits.
"I have an impression of this case of eliminating the enemy." Dong Shaoqing was not in a hurry to have a meal, but explained to Xiao Jiashu, "At that time, there were bandits in Bin County to cause chaos. Later, fortunately, Wu Zhizhou quelled the rebellion and eliminated the enemy. For this, he received praise from His Majesty and promoted the first rank."
Bin County is located in the neighboring county where the inmate lives.
Dong Shaoqing didn't see any other connection except this, so how could such a thing be fake?
Is this true or false? Let’s check it out before talking about it. Xiao Han kept this in his heart.
In the past few days after returning to the capital, Xiao Han solved several more cases. One of the more sensational ones was that the woman committed adultery with someone and deliberately made a fake death. The reason for the sensation was that the woman's parents sued the government and said that her son-in-law wanted to kill her daughter and asked him to pay her life.
Because the body had been buried, the woman's family insisted on not opening the coffin, which insulted her daughter's innocence.
However, Xiao Han had long suspected that the woman was not dead at all, so he performed a soul-summoning ceremony in the cemetery and spread the news in advance. As a result, the Dali Temple yamen runner disguised as lurking among the crowd arrested the suspicious criminal.
After checking, this person was the adulterer who had sex with the woman. Because he was afraid, he came to see it. Some words he blurted out when he saw the strange phenomenon made him catch him.
The soul-suming that day was inextricable, but because the government found a woman in the adulterer's house, the people saw the living woman appear, and the rumors spread became. Because the person was not dead, no ghosts were attracted at all.
Xiao Han insisted on opening the coffin again, and the woman's family could not stop it. Through investigation of the body, it was determined that the body with a broken face was not the victim, but the stolen body.
After visiting nearby prefectures and counties and carefully checking the existing characteristics of the body, I finally learned about my identity and sent it back for re-burial, and restoring peace.
After Xiao Han finished the trial of the case, he woke up and went out and found that he had another name that could understand ghosts and gods.
Xiao Han: "…"
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Initially, the case was caused by the woman's family's fierceness. When Xiao Han raised doubts and even wanted to open a coffin and examine the autopsy, he even pointed at Xiao Han and said that she would protect the real murderer and not make decisions for her poor daughter. If it weren't for the heavy troops guarding the Dali Temple, everyone in the woman's family would have cried and made a fuss at the door.
But it also caused quite a lot of criticism.
The so-called man and his evidence were all complete, and the woman's husband was also unaware that he had killed his wife.
As a result, in only three days, there was no more impact than the person who thought he had died appeared before his eyes.
This reversal situation has made Xiao Jiashu's reputation even better.
Now, everyone is more convinced that someone is the incarnation of auspiciousness.
In ancient legends, when people have conflicts or disputes, the divine beast Xie Xi can always point the unreasonable side with its horns, and even kill the person who deserves to die with its horns, which makes the offender chill.
No matter how sweet the prisoner is, Xie Zhi can always tell the truth and the false.
While Xiao Han had given up on explanation, Concubine Xiao ordered someone to summon him into the palace. If Concubine Xiao meant only, Xiao Han could still refuse because of his busy official duties, but who was the eunuch in front of the emperor?
Chapter completed!