fast and ferocious

Chapter 33 Unjust, False and Wrongly Cased ([-]) Second Watch

"Oh? Tell me." Xie Yu said gently.

"Conscription in the court has always been based on family theory. If someone in a family serves in the military, other males can be exempted from military service. According to the usual practice, their family members should be taken care of in the family! But in this case, Chen Xuan's father served in the military for the entire family. During this period, the Chen family ignored Chen Xuan's mother and son, let alone taking care of them. After Chen Xuan's father died, the pension and silver issued by the court were also seized by the family. Chen Xuan might not be able to find the patriarch for a while, but, My lord, please think about it, how could the patriarch meet? How could he meet in the concubine's room!"

"It's nonsense! There is no basis!" Cai Youkun finally found a chance to speak: "You keep saying that the Chen family ignored the murderer's family, and that the murderer's father's pension money was corrupted by the family. Do you have evidence?"

"If there is no such thing, why does Chen Xuan go to the patriarch's concubine's room to meet the patriarch at night in the winter? Master Cai also has the habit of meeting people and talking about things when he is resting in the concubine's room?"

"you!"

"Lord Cai, don't worry, I haven't finished yet! A concubine of the Chen family, she doesn't know Chen Xuan, and she admits it herself, but she is sure that the murderer is Chen Xuan. , but if you don’t remember which servant it is, it doesn’t make sense! The Chen family is not a famous family, let alone a wealthy family. The murderer took out a dagger from his bosom, and said that he saw the murderer stab the patriarch in the stomach with a knife, and his confessions were inconsistent..."

"I was panicked at the time, and it was reasonable to not see it clearly!" Cai Youkun interrupted Qin Wubing: "What you said..."

"I haven't finished talking yet. Why is Master Cai so anxious? She can't remember here, and she can't see clearly there, but she remembers that the knife was stabbed in the stomach, and then the murderer ran away, or ran away empty-handed. Know, since the murderer did not draw the knife after committing the crime, how did the dagger appear in the murderer's house?"

"Since she was terrified and didn't see clearly..."

"It's a good one who didn't see clearly! Why is Mr. Cai so sympathetic to Mrs. Chen?"

"you……"

"Master Cai, do you know that stabbing the dagger in the abdomen may not be fatal? If the murderer draws the knife and escapes, the patriarch will surely fall in a pool of blood! The hot blood sprayed by drawing the knife will also stay on the murderer. Did you find the bloody clothes when you caught the murderer?"

"The murderer is cunning, it's unknown if he changes his bloody clothes and throws them away!"

"Throw away the bloody clothes and keep the murderous dagger? I don't know which teacher taught Mr. Cai's cunning!"

"you!"

"Master Xie, Chen Xuan's mother and son live in a very difficult life on weekdays. Where did you get the money to buy the dagger? You don't need to rush to argue, Mr. Cai. Don't you want evidence? I have it! Didn't it mean that all the houses in the clan went to the patriarch's house before dawn?" Can Master Cai bring them all here, and let me hear what they said about the scene they saw at that time. Don’t worry, Master Cai. What I say is useless, but the truth of what you sow, Master Cai should be I understand, besides cause and effect, there are reasons for it! For example, Chen Xuan is right in front of him, he is about the same height as me, and when he is angry with a dagger, he will stab the patriarch in the chest or abdomen, which is directly related to the height difference between the two of them. so……"

Qin Wubing paused for a moment, then said with a smile: "Lord Cai can choose, either bring all the clansmen here, and I will have a way to prove the truth of what they said, or... open the coffin for autopsy! Which one will Master Cai choose? Oh, there is another way, Mr. Xie, Mrs. Chen is full of lies and should be punished!"

Cai Youkun hadn't eaten much for three meals. During the past few hours, he had been subjected to various unexpected blows one after another. At this moment, after hearing Qin Wubing's three choices, his eyes darkened and he passed out!

……

When Cai Youkun woke up leisurely, he found himself lying on the arhat table in the study room, with two staff members sitting beside the bed.

When the two saw Cai Youkun's eyes open, Cui's staff hurriedly said: "My lord, don't worry, although Mrs. Chen has already confessed, Lao Qian and I have already made arrangements. Alas, it is just in case, but I didn't expect it to be used. .”

Qian's staff groaned and said:

"My lord is just in a state of anxiety, so don't say anything that is useless! Don't worry, my lord, the person we contacted at the beginning died of a serious illness after the Chinese New Year. Didn't we re-examine the case a few days ago? I was looking for someone to contact the Chen family, and by chance, I met Wu Er, a rogue in the Chen family's village... Wu Er had promised that if anyone asked, he would take care of all the cash register deception, and the adults would only be negligent. responsibility, and nothing else!"

Cai Youkun breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly thinking of Qin Wubing, he sat up with difficulty and gritted his teeth and asked, "Then why didn't the little catcher die?"

The two staff members glanced at each other, and Cui's staff member lowered his voice and asked, "Does your lord recognize the man who came with the little policeman?"

"Nonsense! I haven't even seen each other through the screen, how can I recognize you?"

"My lord, eat some porridge first, and have a heart-to-heart chat with Mr. Xie at night. No matter what, you can't let Mr. Xie just listen to the one-sided words of that little policeman..."

"Wait a minute! Who is the murderer in the case of the Chen family?" Cai Youkun interrupted Cui's staff and asked.

Cui and Qian's two staff members looked at each other, Qian staff said: "Master Xie is still interrogating..."

"Didn't you say Mrs. Chen has already confessed? There is another rogue who confessed?"

The two staff members looked at each other again, Cui staff member said:

"After my lord fainted, Mr. Xie said that he would torture Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen was so frightened that he confessed his false accusation on the spot. The two of us deduced that Mr. Xie would definitely ask about things related to Mr. Chen. Fortunately, When we found Wu Er, we had already made an agreement on this matter, and just now we ordered someone to look for him, and gave Wu Er 50 taels of silver back, but he dared not refuse."

"Exactly! The person who talked to us about Xiang a few years ago is dead. During the retrial a few days ago, it was this Wu Er who contacted him. The two of us thought about it carefully, and there was no matter involving adults. Let the adults rest assured."

Cai Youkun snorted coldly and said: "So what if there is? He Xie Yu can't do anything to me just based on the confession of one or two grassroots! It's just..." Cai Youkun pondered for a moment, then looked at the two staff members with a sullen face and said : "That little policeman will definitely tell the case, don't leave trouble!"

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(End of this chapter)