Chapter Twenty-ninth First Eyes
When he arrived at Defu Yamen, Su Yu revealed his identity and purpose of coming, and then walked toward the backyard under the leadership of a Yamen servant.
According to the law of the Wei Dynasty, anyone who testifies must stay with the Yamen for seven days, and can travel freely after seven days.
It has two purposes: one is to prevent the person who testified from being retaliated by the prisoner's relatives and friends, and the other is to prevent the person who testified from perjury from getting away with it.
The court hall is where the Fengtian government officials wait for witnesses.
At this moment, in the hall, Li Si, Liu'er and others were standing, sitting or lying down, looking like idle gangsters.
"Brother Liu'er, who do you think killed Third Brother?" Li Si picked his teeth with a small wooden stick in his hand.
"You ask me, how do I know? If I had known, I would still be hanging around with you." Liu'er, who was leaning against the door, rolled his eyes and raised his head boredly. Although the Fengtian government office provides three meals a day.
It's not bad for them to provide support, but it is a government after all, so it is inevitably a bit suppressed.
When he was bored, he raised his head slightly and saw the two people rushing over.
"Here comes someone." He greeted, and upon hearing Liu'er's words, a group of five people walked to the door and looked out.
The visitors were none other than Su Yu and the yamen servant.
"Everyone, go in. The Imperial Preceptor has something to ask." The Yamen servant stepped forward first and invited the five of them to come into the hall and sit down.
The five of them entered the room in dismay, took out three stools, and sat down in a mess.
However, the five people looked at Su Yu with quite complicated expressions, including surprise, panic, and hatred.
The person in front of me was the murderer who destroyed himself and others. However, I never thought that this murderer would be the current imperial advisor.
"The imperial master is here, why don't you kneel down and worship?" Su Yu entered the room and took a seat. The government servant stood aside. When he saw the five people sitting, he frowned and shouted angrily.
The five people lazily stood up from the benches and lazily prepared to bow.
Su Yu waved his hands, indicating that it was not necessary.
"Are you the follower Zhang San?" Su Yu said.
"Sir, the younger ones are just right." Liu'er obviously had some prestige among the group of people, so he took the lead in answering.
"How did you get to know Zhang San? And how did you become his follower?" Su Yu asked.
"Sir, it's just a matter of hugging each other to keep warm. In addition, Zhang San is the strongest among me, so I call him big brother." Liuer clasped his fists and passed by lightly. His expression did not waver at all.
Su Yu looked at it and felt doubtful in his heart. Then he realized that Liu'er's behavior just verified what he said. If they were sworn friends because of love and his eldest brother was killed, their expressions would definitely not be so plain.
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"On the night Zhang San was killed, where were you and what were you doing?" According to his autopsy, Zhang San's death time was probably around 3:00 pm.
"It was late that night. We were sleeping at home. What else could we do? Mr. Zhao had already asked me last time, so why would you ask me again?" Liu'er replied, but there was displeasure in his eyes.
"Answer one by one!" Su Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Liu'er with deep eyes. His voice was not loud but full of majesty.
Liu'er was excited, as if he saw the image of the devil who destroyed their Qihai Sea again. He quickly put away his idleness and said seriously:
"I was depressed that day."
He raised his head and glanced at Su Yu, as if to say, you should know the reason for your depression.
"So I went to Xilaiju and drank a few cups of wine. I didn't return home from Xilaiju until midnight. When I got home, I fell asleep. It was only the next day that I heard someone said that Zhang San was dead."
"The shopkeeper of Xilaiju can testify." He quickly added as if he was worried that Su Yu wouldn't believe it.
"Yeah." Su Yu nodded and looked at Li Si.
Li Si looked up, saw Su Yu's bright eyes, and lowered his head in panic.
"Sir, I have an old mother who is seriously ill at home. I was worried about her safety, so I went straight home and never went out again. Sister-in-law Li next door can vouch for me."
"Yeah." Su Yu nodded and continued to look at the next person.
Although the words of several people were different, they all said that they had witnesses. Su Yu grasped his right hand and the pen and ink appeared in his hand. He wrote eloquently and handed the paper to the Yamen beside him. After whispering a few words, the Yamen nodded and left.
go out.
Su Yu picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, closed his eyes and rested his mind.
The five people in the hall stared at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.
After a while, two government officials came in, hugged Su Yu, and called him "Guoshi". However, the two government officials did not include the previous government official.
When the visitor came in, Su Yu slowly opened his eyes, nodded to the two of them, and signaled them to wait on him, and then he asked:
"Do you know who Zhang San has friendship with besides you and others?"
"No." This time, several people said in unison, without any discrepancy. The corners of Su Yu's mouth curled up slightly. Yes, he still had a good understanding of himself.
"Really? This is strange. Then why did Zhang San drink with others that night?" Su Yu murmured in a low voice, but his voice was just enough to be heard by the five people in the hall, without any difference.
The five people in the hall had different expressions after hearing this. Most of them were curious. However, Su Yu caught the obvious dodge in Li Si's eyes and his eyes rolled wildly.
At the same time, Su Yu also found that although Liu'er's expression was also curious, it was different from the other three. The curiosity was more like pretending.
Realizing this, Su Yu called the officials on the left and right to come forward and whispered a few words in their ears.
The two nodded, each walked to the five people in the hall, and patted the shoulders of the other three except Li Si and Liu'er.
"You, you, you, you three come with me."
The three of them were surprised, but they still left the place under the guidance of the government officials and walked to another place.
The two yamen servants settled the three people and quickly returned to the hall. At this time, the yamen servant from earlier had also returned to the court hall, bowed his head and whispered in Su Yu's ear, and the latter nodded repeatedly.
"Thank you for your hard work." Su Yu raised his head and looked at the yamen servant and said.
"It's your duty, the Imperial Master is polite." After saying that, he stood aside again.
The two government officials entered the room, clasped their fists at Su Yu, and then nodded to the government official standing next to Su Yu, who nodded in return.
"Let's get started." Su Yu looked at the two of them with calm eyes.
After the meeting, the two walked to Li Si and Liu'er respectively, patted their shoulders, and led them out to walk in different directions.
The plan of alienation is commonly known as separation. According to Li Si's reaction, there must be something wrong with him, and although Liu'er's performance was calm, it seemed more like he was hiding something.
As for this cover-up, Su Yu speculated that Liu'er was probably aware of Li Si's behavior and was helping Li Si cover it up.
If you ask two people together, you won't get the answer no matter what. You can only get the answer by estrangement.
Chapter completed!