The duke of the governor's family is leaving again

Chapter 243

Chapter 243

The county can't live without Wu Zuo. Although Liu Yanchun is an apprentice, it's better to keep it than to have nothing.

Therefore, he failed to follow Chen Yuan to Chaozhou.

If you are going to Chaozhou to investigate the case, there is no need to bring Mrs. He with you.

Mrs. He is not the person involved, and bringing her along will not be of much help except to cause trouble, and Chen Yuan doesn't want to be angry with her.

After bidding farewell to everyone in the county government, Chen Yuan pulled her little donkey and was about to set off with Liao Zhongzhi.

Liao Zhongzhi looked at the little donkey, "Chen Yuzuo can't ride a horse?"

The difficulty of riding a horse lies in overcoming psychological pressure. Chen Yuan confessed honestly, "No."

Liao Zhongzhi was not in a hurry, "This case will change if it is delayed. Chen Yuzuo left the donkey in the Yamen, and we will rent a fast carriage."

A donkey can only cover 100 miles a day, which is far less fast than a horse. Chen Yuan didn't know what Liao Zhongzhi said about this case was not that case, but she also understood what the other party meant.

"Okay." After entrusting the donkey to the yamen servant Xiao Liu to take it back, Chen Yuan took Liao Zhongzhi to rent a carriage.

Hurry up, and arrive at Jinyang, the Chaozhou government, in one and a half days.

At any rate, Jinyang County is where the government is located, and it is much more prosperous and rich than Weiyu County, which is on the border.

But the two had no intention of playing, and went directly to Zhizhou Yamen.

Just happened to meet Huo Shuliang, the magistrate of Fangzhou, who was promoted to the court for trial.

Only one person died in this case, and the impact was not great, so the people who came to watch did not reach the level of crowds blocking the main entrance.

Chen Yuan and Liao Zhongzhi squeezed together and squeezed into the front row.

Among the crowd of onlookers were students wearing a uniform style of white-bottomed black-edged shirts and scarves. They should be students from the state school.

Another group of people also wore the same style of clothes, but they were blue coarse cloth and brown, and small handkerchiefs of the same color. This kind of servant's attire should be Xie's servants.

Several men in long silk gowns surrounded by servants of the Xie family presumably belonged to Xie Jiyong's relatives.

Although I also learned some facts about the case from Mrs. He, what Mrs. He said contained too many subjective emotions and was of little reference value.

Although Huo Shuliang is a scholar, but a scholar just doesn't kneel when he meets the county magistrate, at the moment the magistrate is in the hall, so he has to kneel.

Chen Yuan could only see a back.

He kneels straight, without losing the character of a literati.

Fang Zhizhou, "Huo Shuliang, do you believe what the witness said just now?"

Huo Shuliang, "Xiaosheng admits."

With his fame, he doesn't have to call himself a grassroots person, and he is also suspected of murder. Huo Shuliang didn't call himself a student in class.

"They all saw that Xie Jiyong hit you, but you didn't fight back at that time. After returning to the house, you tossed and turned, and went to the book garden to read a book to relax. Unexpectedly, you met Xie Jiyong again in the book garden, and you had another incident with him During the dispute, during the fight, you killed Xie Jiyong with the dagger you carried with you, didn't you?" Fang Zhizhou looked thin, unlike a corrupt official with a fat head and ears. Be as cautious as Guan Zhixian.

Huo Shuliang's tone sounded anxious, "Xiaosheng doesn't recognize it."

Fang Zhizhou, "I take pity on you, because you are a scholar, I didn't want to punish you, but the murder weapon has been found."

As soon as he stretched out his hand, the servant took the tray up.

But there was no abnormal change in Huo Shuliang's face. Fang Zhizhou snorted coldly, "You will never die until you reach the Yellow River. I didn't expect that you were found out even though you wrapped the murder weapon in a rag and buried it in the mountain behind the college."

He lifted the red cloth that covered him.

A double-edged dagger was exposed in front of everyone.

There were still dried red and black bloodstains on the blade, which looked very creepy.

Seeing this, Xie's family members were very angry, and the expression on Huo Shuliang's face also fluctuated, looking very surprised.

Fang Zhizhou pointed to the cloth stacked next to the dagger, "This cloth is your foot wipe?"

Huo Shuliang frowned, but didn't speak.

"If you don't tell me, I won't be able to find out?" Fang Zhizhou's face turned red, "As evidenced by Zhao Bin, who is in the same room with you, it is your foot wipe, isn't it?"

Huo Shuliang closed his eyes and responded, "...yes"

"As for this knife, all your classmates recognize it. It was a dagger made by your mother and given to you for self-defense on the road, but you used it to kill your classmates." Fang Zhizhou was very disappointed.

He patted the gavel heartbrokenly, "It's a pity that Zhou learned of you as a fellow-fighter. Qiu Wei is right in front of you, but you committed such a crime. Huo Shuliang, do you plead guilty!"

"Master Zhizhou, the cloth belongs to Xiaosheng, the dagger belongs to Xiaosheng, but the person was not killed by Xiaosheng, someone killed and planted on me, I hope you will find out clearly!"

As soon as Huo Shuliang kowtowed to the bottom, his forehead was firmly attached to the blue bricks in the lobby, his body was still stable and relaxed.

These words made the Xie family angry.

"Huo Shuliang, my fourth brother is as knowledgeable as you. You two often fight each other. This time you even took the opportunity to ridicule your fourth brother's unclear background and unknown origin. It is wrong for my fourth brother to beat you up when he is angry. But you shouldn’t have killed him, for a person like you, the sage’s book has been read into the stomach of a dog!”

Chen Yuan turned her head to look, and the excited person who scolded was a wealthy Xie family with half-white hair.

Two middle-aged men on one left and one on the right pulled him, "Brother, stop scolding, disturbing the court, but affecting the trial of the magistrate Zhizhou!"

"Lord Zhizhou will give fourth brother justice!"

Snapped

"quiet!"

Fang Zhizhou glanced at the three brothers of Xie's family, and then looked at the man who was so humble, "Huo Shuliang, do you think Ben Zhizhou is a foolish official who carelessly ignores human lives? You are also from Weiyu County, you know Chen Yuan and Chen Yuzuo."

Huo Shuliang raised his head in astonishment, and moved two steps forward excitedly, "Chen Yuzuo is here?"

?

From his tone, Chen Yuan could hear surprise.

But she hadn't seen him.

"You don't need to invite Chen Yuzuo to come here for your case. You should be more familiar with Chen Yuzuo's fingerprint verification method than I am. After Weiyu County reported this method, the state immediately sent people to Weiyu County to verify and study. So this way, our state government will also do it."

Fang Zhizhou looked at Huo Shuliang regretfully, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Huo Shuliang couldn't understand, he said, "My lord is saying that the state government officials found Xiaosheng's fingerprints on the dagger?"

"Yes." Fang Zhizhou raised his hand, and another yamen servant took out a fingerprint card.

Fang Zhizhou asked the yamen servant to show him the fingerprint card for himself to check.

After reading it, Huo Shuliang said, "This is Xiaosheng's dagger, with Xiaosheng's fingerprints on it, it's really normal, someone must have stolen Xiaosheng's knife, killed Xie Jiyong and set the blame on me."

"Huo Shuliang, the cloth, the dagger, the fingerprints, and the testimonies all point to you, yet you still argue!"

"My lord, I beg my lord to make the decision for Xiaosheng and return Xiaosheng's innocence." Huo Shuliang finally lost his position and kowtowed continuously.

Seeing that he still didn't recognize him, Zhizhou closed his eyes bitterly, "I think you will be punished if you don't hit the south wall and don't look back."

"Yes!"

Two yamen servants held down Huo Shuliang with killing sticks.

The other two yamen servants held a bat made of bamboo sticks strung together with hemp rope, stepped forward and grabbed his hand, stuffing fingers one by one into the bat.

Striking punishment is generally used by women.

But Huo Shuliang is a scholar, and it is really insulting to be directly in front of the court.

Hands are very important to a scholar. At this moment, Zhizhou's use of slapping punishment is not wrong for public or private purposes.

"My lord, Xiaosheng was wronged, someone planted on me, my lord..."

　Still couldn't hold back to open a new book, Cheng Zi really likes fast time travel.

　　You can change a story in a while, and the pace is fast.

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　　"Quick Transmute: Cannon Fodder Calls for Rescue"

　　Baitang, the great benefactor of the tenth generation, was inexplicably involved in time and space travel, and his identity was a bit horrible every time...

　　World 1: Help, the real daughter is back, the scene where the fake daughter was abandoned by the family, I am the girlfriend of the kidnapper!

　　World 2: Help, zombies are crashing into the door, my boyfriend ran away with my best friend in the helicopter that came to pick me up, and I was paralyzed lying in a hospital full of zombies!
　　World 3: Help, during the beheading at the Meridian Gate, heads fall one by one, it's my turn soon!

　　World 4: Help, Gu... Lulu..., I was... soaked in a pig cage... Save...

　　……

　　(In this fast time travel, the three views will be the same as Chengzi's old book "Cannon Fodder".)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)