The duke of the governor's family is leaving again

Chapter 69
Wu Ruijiang, who was full of justice and awe-inspiring, stood in the hall stubbornly unwilling to kneel.

You Qi saw Wang Qi sitting majestically on the side of the hall, resting his elbows on the chair handle lazily, his fingers on his chin, looking at him provocatively with a touch of sneer, as if mocking his self-control.

Wu Ruijiang always showed cracks on Zhou Zhengweiyi's face, and snorted coldly, "I, Wu Ruijiang, sat upright and didn't kill Ren Xiuxiu. I don't accept it. The murder weapon was obviously found in Wang Qi's house. Why did you arrest me?"

"He." Wu Ruijiang didn't know whether it was a broken jar or too much righteous indignation for something that no one dared to mention. Relegated to a commoner, why don't you kneel when you go to court?"

"Because Wang Qi sued you for killing Ren Xiuxiu and framed it for him, therefore, Wang Qi's identity in the court is that of a sufferer, not a suspect." Guan Zhixian didn't care to explain it again, "In addition, he provided a lot of useful information for this case. Clues, meritorious deeds, the court has always rewarded people who have made meritorious deeds, Wang Qi was unwell and coughed up blood, so the county authorized him to sit down and answer."

Franchise, there are causes and effects, so naturally there is no need to pick the wrong one.

But Wu Ruijiang was still reluctant to kneel, "I'm not guilty."

The behavior of not kneeling, at a small scale, challenged the authority of the magistrate, and at a larger scale, it was a challenge to the laws of Nanli.

In the court, there are people who are unwilling to kneel. To deal with such people, regardless of the magistrate's order, two yamen officers have stepped forward with sticks, one left and one right facing the iron-boned back knee sockets. Hit with a stick.

Even though Wu Ruijiang used to be the Imperial Forest Army, he was beaten and swayed forward even though he didn't kneel immediately under the blow of the stick.

More than a dozen sticks came down, and the back of the knee also bleeds. Rao is a tough guy, but he finally knelt on the ground with a thud.

Chen Yuan bit her lip tightly, she really wasn't used to the ancient trial method of being punished at every turn.

Wang Qi tilted his head and saw the lower lip that was bitten white by her, a cold light gliding across the dark eyes of the prey.

Even if he knelt on the ground, Wu Ruijiang's back was unwilling to yield, "I don't accept it, I'm not guilty."

Guan Zhixian, the murderer who is willing to admit his guilt, is also rare, so it is not surprising that Wu Ruijiang refused to admit his death.

If it wasn't for the method of fingerprint extraction provided by Chen Yuan that gave Guan Zhixian confidence, he might have doubted whether he had caught the wrong person because of Wang Qi's rumors and Wu Ruijiang's unyielding image.

No, he would never have thought that Wu Ruijiang would be involved in this case.

That's why Wu Ruijiang dared to be so confident and even performed it in the hall for everyone to see, really... I don't know whether to live or die.

"Who is guilty and who is innocent, you can tell by looking at the evidence." No one wants to be fooled, especially Guan County, who doesn't like being deceived as a fool, "After Ren Xiuxiu's death, Zeng Zuozuo and Ge Xianwei did the autopsy. "

Ge Xianwei was originally an observer, sitting on the side of the court, his name was read, and he walked to the center of the court.

Zeng Zuozuo also walked from behind the yamen to the middle of the court.

Lieutenant Gexian has an official body, and Zuo Zuo is a public servant, so there is no need to kneel down to answer, the two of them bowed together, "Master Magistrate!"

"Tell me about the autopsy."

"Yes!"

"The female corpse was found on the night of the first day of June. She was lying on her back on the side of the only trail in the back mountain of Dumin Village. Her clothes were dishevelled, and she was fatally wounded by a stab wound to the heart. Next..." Ge Xian Wei said the autopsy grid carefully. .

Following Wei Ge's report, the people outside the hall also listened very carefully.

"Since the weapon that killed Ren Xiuxiu was found on the beam of Wang Qi's latrine, he is the most suspect."

"I can't say the same. What if the murderer kills someone and hides the murder weapon in your yard?"

"Yeah, what to do then?"

"According to my previous experience when I came to the county government to watch an adult's trial, to determine the origin of the murder weapon, to see where the murder weapon was bought, and who bought it, I can basically determine the identity of the murderer."

At this point of the discussion, I happened to hear Yu Quan who went to Dumin Village to investigate, "The single-edged short knife in this case belongs to Wang Qi."

Some people were surprised and said, "Oh Huo, the short sword belongs to Wang Qi, how did he prove his innocence?"

Seemingly encouraged, the villagers of Dumin Village said angrily, "It's all like this, how can Wang Qi still be innocent? He killed Ren Xiuxiu with his knife, or he died in such a humiliating way of death, not by Wang Qi, but by who killed it!"

People in other villages don't know the legend of Wang Qi, so they can't empathize with the feelings of the people in Dumin village, and their evaluation is neutral, "If someone comes to your house and steals a knife, goes out to kill, and then secretly returns the knife, this is also the case. some."

"This is the case, but how to prove it? Unless someone sees it with their own eyes."

"Who saw Wu Ruijiang go to Wang Qi's house and steal a knife?"

"Is it possible that the knife can still speak to wash away the grievances of its own master?"

"Quiet!" Guan Zhixian patted the gavel, "These are the results of the investigation, and the murder weapon is also here, Chen's Ren Tao, when was the last time you saw Ren Xiuxiu?"

Mrs. Chen, "You Shi, after dinner, I cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks. She said that she would go back to the house to embroider a handkerchief while it was still dark. Later, I saw that the lights in her room were out, and I thought she was sleeping as usual. I didn't call her."

Ren Tao, "Lastly I saw that she was in Youshi. After dinner, my wife cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks. I went to see Lao Li to play chess as usual. At the moment of Xushi, I went home, washed my feet and fell asleep. "

"Wang Qi, when was the last time you saw Ren Xiuxiu?"

"On May [-], I happened to be out for a walk after dinner. Ren Xiuxiu was wandering outside my house and bumped into me. I helped her up and let go." Wang Qi sat firmly on the chair, then The arrogant demeanor reminded Chen Yuan of the godfather of Chang Wei, the official of Jiupin Sesame.

Even with the fingerprints as decisive evidence, Guan Zhixian followed the procedure and asked, "Wu Ruijiang, when was the last time you saw Ren Xiuxiu?"

Wu Ruijiang still had the appearance of not being afraid of ghosts knocking on the door without doing anything wrong, and answered confidently, "On May 28, Mrs. Chen brought Ren Xiuxiu to my house to ask my wife about embroidery patterns. Usually I am in the field They only came when I was working, and I happened to have a stomachache that day, so I went home early and bumped into each other, neither of us said anything, Chen and my wife can both testify."

"On June [-]st, after Xu Shi, can someone prove where the two of you are?"

Wang Qi's answer was neat and tidy, without procrastination at all, "No."

From the outsider's point of view, he just has a backer and has confidence.

So arrogant that it tickles your teeth.

Wu Ruijiang's answer was even more detailed, and the answer was as if he had said it hundreds of times in his heart without any flaws, "After dinner with Mrs. Youshi, we walked hand in hand in the village for a while. Many villagers have seen us and can help us. I testified that my wife and I came home at every moment, washed and slept together, until I was woken up by Li Fei and Liu Yanchun, I was with my wife all the time."

　Wang Qi: My confidence comes from Chen Yuan!It's not from the godfather.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)