Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 29 The City Lord's Mansion Handles the Case ([-])
General Li left behind a team of frontier troops and went back to the tower.

There is no excitement to watch, and there should be no more accidents here.

There are more important things to do next, so Han Ping'an naturally won't stay here for a long time, and runs to Huaiyuanfang in one breath among the scattered crowd.

Just as he got into the alley to catch his breath, Yinniang suddenly pulled his sleeve.

"What's wrong?"

"Look over there."

Han Ping'an looked up and saw a few Sogdians hiding in the back alley, looking towards Mi's mansion.

Yinniang didn't want to be discovered by those people, so she gently pulled him back to the alley: "Sanlang, I saw them just now, they went to Mi's Mansion, and they went with that old man with white beard."

"It should be to save that Shi Siqiang, but there are so many multilateral troops and guards at the door, they dare not go."

"What is the origin of the surname Shi? It doesn't look like a good person."

"He's from Chang'an, he's not familiar with the place here, but he dares to come out and obstruct the government's handling of the case. There must be something wrong with him."

"Then what should we do?" Yinniang asked subconsciously.

Han Pingan said firmly: "Don't worry, we can think of it, as can Xu Haoran and Huang Bowen, they will definitely not let that Shi Siqiang be rescued."

……

Just as Han Ping'an expected, Shi Xianning just walked into Mi's Mansion when he saw a servant rushing out of it.

"Young Master Xu has an order to take this person back to the government office for further trial."

"promise!"

The two Youyi people responded, and walked over to pick up Shi Siqiang who was lying on the ground without moving. A servant of the city lord's mansion rushed to help them lead the horse.

Shi Xianning couldn't help but ask: "After you've beaten him, why do you still need to lock him up?"

"Treasurer Shi, Xu Shaofu said that the board just now was beaten by General Li, who practiced the military law, and punished him for the crime of insulting the general's prestige by speaking out of context. He distorted and tampered with the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty out of context, confusing the public, and bewitching his words." Everyone, the same is a serious crime, and the same must be investigated."

"But people are beaten like this, can he live if the lock is taken into the government office?"

Shi Xianning was so anxious that she subconsciously looked outside, wondering if the high priest was there.

The city lord's mansion has never been so domineering as it is today, and the orderly servant has never been so proud as today, and said with a bit of gloating: "Whoever let him run into Cui Ming's mansion and Xu Shao's mansion, whoever is worried about his death At the Thief Capture Department, I hurried to intercede with Xu Shaofu to see if I could find a doctor to help with the treatment."

Those brought by the high priest cannot die.

Moreover, this Shi Siqiang, who did not know the heights of the world but was beaten to the last few breaths, was definitely not just a student of the high priest.

But if he just went in and asked Xu Haoran to intercede, once the things Mifatai did were exposed, it would be even more unclear at that time.

Shi Xianning lost his mind for a while, and just didn't know what to do. Yu Wangli had already searched out a pile of account books, checked them carefully, and said back: "Pack the box and put a seal on it."

"promise."

"Shopkeeper Shi, Shopkeeper Shi..."

"calls me?"

"You are a witness, so I don't want you to be called someone."

Yu Wangli took his arm and said with a smile: "You saw it too. There are 58 copies in total. After checking the current accounts, we will send back a lot of copies. Shopkeeper Shi, please sign here, so that people don't have to pay for it when the time comes." Said we lost the books."

"Yu Xingguan, what do you want me to sign for?" Shi Xianning didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Yu Wangli suppressed a smile, and said very seriously: "Xu Shaofu is the most serious in investigating the case, and will not tolerate any flaws, otherwise he would not invite you to be a witness. There are 58 copies in total. Don't worry about counting them."

……

The backyard, Miffatei's bedroom before his death.

Bai Zuojian, who had just been called over, watched helplessly as the two servants rummaged through boxes and cabinets.

I saw that the tall guard found a secret compartment and dug out a pile of letters from the secret compartment.

"One, two, three, four, five...a total of 27 letters, Huang Xingguan, found 27 letters!"

"Register and book first, then pack and seal later."

"promise!"

Huang Bowen waited for the guards to finish the search, and called an orchid in, holding a piece of white paper on a wooden board and a charcoal pencil burnt with red willow branches in his hand, and asked, "Are you the concubine of Mifatai?" ?”

Considering that there might be a language barrier during the investigation, Yalang Said was called again today, and Said quickly translated.

Hu Ji took a peek at Bai Zuojian, and said nervously, "Yes."

"Are you the first to see your master die in the house?"

"Yes."

"Where did he fall when you saw him?"

"Here." Hu Ji pointed.

Huang Bowen called an officer from the City Lord's Mansion, motioned the officer to lie down, raised his head and asked, "Is that so?"

Hu Ji thought for a while, then shook her head.

Huang Bowen pointed to the guard lying on the ground: "Go over and make a gesture to see what it was like at that time."

Bai Zuojian had known Huang Bowen for a long time, and always thought that he was just a clerk in the city lord's mansion, but he didn't expect him to be able to investigate cases, and he seemed to be quite capable.

This situation made him a little confused, so he just followed Huang Bowen from the house to the outside in such a daze. In Huang Bowen's words, it was "investigating the scene of the crime", not only carefully investigating, but also drawing.

After drawing the picture, the people who had entered the "crime scene" that evening were called over one by one for questioning.

……

The meeting hall of Mi's house has become the temporary court of Cao Wei, the first thief in Yele City.

Xu Shaofu didn't use the wooden desks of Mi's family. Someone brought some high-legged desks and wooden furniture from somewhere. They sat high and condescended.

The false Taoist leader, who everyone knew in Yele City, was actually called to be the secretary and translator, sitting on the left side of the high-footed long table and writing with a pen.

In the past hour or so, he had written down a confession nearly a foot thick, and he didn't know if his wrist hurt or not.

What makes Ashina Mountain even more incredible is that the way Xu Shaofu opened the court to ask questions is really unheard of.

No, Zaid, the leader of the guards of the Mi family, was brought in, and as soon as he knelt down under the scolding of a player, Xu Shaofu slapped the table with a wooden block: "Who is in the hall?"

"Reporting to the Shaofu, the younger one is called Zaid."

"Looked up."

Xu Shaofu looked at Zaid's appearance with his head, took a copy of the guard list compiled by the false Taoist priest based on other people's confessions, found Zaid's name on it, marked it with a pen, and started again. Admonish as before.

"Zayid, this officer started to question you. You must answer honestly. You must not lie or hide anything. Everything you say now will become evidence in court in the future. If this officer finds out that you have lied or concealed something, At that time, you will be punished as an accomplice, depending on the seriousness of the crime, and you will be punished with a hundred sticks and beheaded, understand?"

"Ming...understand."

"Okay, how old are you this year?"

"34."

"What's the name of the parents?"

"Reporting to the Shaofu, the young one has never met his parents, and the young one was bought by the old master."

"So you're a slave."

"Yes."

"Did you marry a wife and have children?"

"Married and have two sons."

"What's your wife's name?"

What are the names of his wife and children, how old are they this year, where do they live, who are their relatives... these questions at the beginning seemed insignificant, but in fact they found out all about Zaid.

I have asked so many people before, and there are still so many people outside waiting to be questioned. Zaid cannot lie, otherwise it will be easy to be exposed.

But in this way, Zaid can only continue to tell the truth when asked about some things that cannot be known by the city lord's mansion, otherwise he will not be able to run away if he wants to, unless he does not care about his wife and children.

Ashina Shan was terrified when he heard that, thinking that the most worrying thing would happen soon, he kept cursing Mifatai's death as a pity, and before he died, he swore that everything was perfect, but it was full of flaws in front of others.

"Where did Wu Kun go, let's talk about it after thinking about it!"

"me……"

"Zayid, look here. I have already asked so many people, and the false Taoist priest has recorded so many signed confessions. I will ask again. If you don't say it, others will say it. When the time comes You will be punished."

"The master sent him out of the city, and he hasn't returned until today."

"Where did you go out of town?"

"It seems to have gone to the vast sea."

"Who did you go with?"

"I don't know, I don't know him. I saw him go to the Fire Temple first, and he came out with a masked man. The two of them rode out of the city together."

"That person's height and body shape should be known."

I'm really afraid of what's coming...

Ashina Shan changed from being terrified before to being distraught, sitting on the side stupidly, Xu Haoran didn't know when he finished asking, only that the false Taoist priest reminded him to sign Zaid's confession, so that It proves that Zeid was not tortured, and that this confession is not a trick of torture.

"Zayid, what you said just now, I and the storekeeper of Ashina Mountain will help you keep it secret, and you are not allowed to tell others after you go out."

"Yes."

"I haven't finished my explanation. Since the case of your old master's murder has not been investigated, the culprit is still at large, and you are an important witness, so you are not allowed to leave the city without authorization until the truth of the case is revealed."

Xu Haoran picked up the hot tea from the guard, moistened his throat, and continued: "And from tomorrow onwards, you have to go to the government office, which is the front yard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, every day before the sun sets, and sign in. In fact, it's just to get a fingerprint to prove that you are in the city, and it won't take you too much time."

Zaid asked with a bitter face, "Go every day?"

Xu Haoran put down the exquisite teacup, stared at him closely, and said coldly: "You have to go every day. If you don't go one day, I will treat you as a fugitive. I will notify the night watch team and the game team before dark. As well as the beacon castles, garrison forts, and Shouzhu cities, rewards are offered for their capture, regardless of life or death. If you think you can escape this snare, you can give it a try."

(End of this chapter)