The duke of the governor's family is leaving again

Chapter 156
Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Liu Laowu couldn't help but feel moved, "Brother, when you come out, I'll buy you a drink and wash you off!"

The public hall is not a place for people to worship, so the yamen servant quickly invited Liu Laowu down.

Chen Yuan made a mark on the location Liu Laowu said, and bowed to Guan Zhixian, "Master Zhixian, I would like to ask the yamen servants to keep the route record of the mountain patrol for the past seven days."

Just now, the county magistrate didn't know what Chen Yuan was going to do with these questions, and now he had let go of his worries. It turned out that Chen Yuan's proposal to rub the map of Xiyuan Village and distribute it to the yamen servants was for this purpose.

"That's right."

At this time, Dong Sanbao, who also understood Chen Yuan's intentions, turned pale, it's over!

He sells goods everywhere, and has seen many county government cases. Some county government officials handle cases in a foolish way, and their servants are not serious about handling cases, but they have the courage to squeeze the people to make money by scaring them by hunting down murderers.

These people also mean to patrol the mountains to find people, even if there are serious mountain patrols, they will not make any road map for patrolling the mountains.

But Dong Sanbao still had a little bit of luck in his heart, the name sounds powerful, who knows if those yamen servants are serious about patrolling the mountain.

He clenched his fists and bowed his head in silence, waiting for a while to find the flaws in Chen Yuan's chain of evidence.

The orderly quickly brought up a booklet.

Each page of the brochure was marked by a pair of government servants who patrolled the mountains every day. Chen Yuan opened the search record book of Xiyuan Village and turned to the day five days ago.

"This is the route map drawn by the officials who searched and guarded the mountain in Xiyuan Village, based on the original map, and also marked the time of patrolling the mountain. On the night of the first five days, two officials searched this mountain." Chen Chen Yuan showed a gratified smile, and deliberately looked at Dong Sanbao with a touch of color.

This look made Dong Sanbao's chest jump like a jade rabbit pounding medicine with fright.

"Just right, they searched this location that day, and lifted the vines to see that there was no one inside, and there were no traces of being trampled inside."

Chen Yuan handed the booklet to the yamen servant.

The yamen servant took the brochure and showed it to the people outside the hall.

The onlookers were illiterate, but they could also recognize pictures.

For those who could not read, there were also literate people in the crowd who read aloud the marks made by the yamen servants.

Not all yamen servants can write, so they do not write on the map, but mark it.

All you need is to let the officials remember the Arabic numeral codes of the objects on the mountain such as cols, stones, trees, grass, thatched sheds, and wooden houses. Whether they have hidden people or not, there are other signs.

Literate people only need to compare left and right to describe the time, place, and other situations referred to by the code.

The common people couldn't understand these things, but they believed in the evidence read out by so many scholars present.

"This booklet has to be shipped back and bound every day. The number of pages is written when it is bound, and it cannot be broken up. Therefore, there is no possibility that you just explained the hiding place, and we will immediately make one later." Chen Yuan. Cheng Zhu was in his chest, looking at Dong Sanbao coldly.

"So, five days ago, you were not in Xiyuan Village at all, you were in Yizhuang."

Dong Sanbao began to pretend to be confused, "Oh, I remember wrongly, I have been scared for the past few days, my mind is buzzing, in fact, five days ago, I should have indeed run out of the territory of Xiyuan Village, and I hid in another mountain. "

But now that he said this again, the people onlookers didn't trust him so much.

Trial criminals cannot win by listing the evidence from the beginning, especially the ancient people did not understand the law. As long as they think the evidence was fabricated by the county government, then the evidence presented is useless.

Therefore, verbal wars with criminals are an inevitable procedure. The purpose is to let the wronged people report their grievances and let the criminals reveal their secrets. This process requires the witness of the people and their approval.

No matter the victim or the perpetrator, once they lie in court, they will lose the trust of the people. No matter who it is, lying in court is the most stupid act.

Seeing this, Guan Zhixian knew that the advantage that Dong Sanbao created for himself was gone forever, and the right to speak returned to the county government again.

Before producing evidence to prove Dong Sanbao's murder, it is very necessary to prove that he just lied.

Lord Guan held back his complacency and said, "If you don't reach the Yellow River, you will never die, and if you don't hit the south wall, you won't look back. Pass on the witness, Jiang Qiao, the old lady of Xiyuan Village."

At this time, Mrs. Jiang was supported by the yamen servants and went to court.

Mrs. Jiang was usually unreasonable, but when she went to court, she was very cautious and didn't dare to do anything wrong. She knelt down on the ground and kowtowed, "Old woman Jiang Qiao, I have met Mr. Qingtian."

"You can recognize the person kneeling on the right."

Hearing this, Mrs. Jiang turned her head to look.

If she hadn't been informed in advance by the yamen servant, Mrs. Jiang would have fainted from fright at this moment.

"I recognize him. This is Dong Sanbao from our village. Since his mother gave birth to him, I have watched him grow up. Even if he turns into ashes, I will recognize him."

"Five years ago, did you see him?"

Mrs. Jiang said vividly, "Yes, I have seen it. At that time, I followed the young people in the village to help the coffin to Yizhuang. I wanted to go to the toilet before going to sleep. I didn't expect a head to emerge from the pit.

At that time, I thought it was that pervert who wanted to peek at my old woman, thinking that I was a flower in the village when I was young..."

"Pfft haha..."

After being laughed at by the people onlookers, Mrs. Jiang stopped her boast and continued, "I didn't think so. If you look carefully, who is that Dong Sanbao?" Dong Sanbao is back."

"The yamen servants in Yizhuang came over after hearing the sound. They can testify that I never lied. I really saw him that night. It wasn't that I went crazy. At first they were talking nonsense! Now Come out and see, I'm not talking nonsense, this guy actually pretended to be dead, and even pretended to be my mother's crotch, you bastard, I can be your grandma..."

Mrs. Jiang was so angry that she felt innocent and humiliated, so she took off her shoes and slapped Dong Sanbao in the face.

"Hey, I need to peek at you, you don't want to look at the thousands of folds on your face, take your hands off my chest, don't grab me... help me, get this old woman for me open!"

Dong Sanbao, who was pressed to the ground by the yamen servants, could only be bullied by an old lady, which looked pitiful and ridiculous.

The angry old lady Jiang was persuaded to leave by the yamen servant, and she was still mourning for her chastity and cursing.

Guanzhi county patted the gavel tree, "Dong Sanbao, you who are determined to seek justice for your family and bring the real culprit to justice, you clearly arrived at Yizhuang five days ago, but you avoided the yamen servants and did nothing wrong. Why did you run away?"

In fact, Dong Sanbao just got out of the cesspit that day, his eyes were still covered with pickled things, and in order to prevent dirty things from pouring into his ears, he was also plugged with mud strips. He didn't see or hear clearly at all. The person who found him was Mrs. Jiang .

If he knew, he wouldn't have said those self-defeating words when he was promoted.

(End of this chapter)