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Qiu Junyu said respectfully, but this sentence was like thunder, just for a moment, King Qi felt his heart sink, and lost his voice: "You said...you said he is Chen Lan?"

"It's guaranteed to be a fake." Qiu Jun said.

King Qi tried his best to restrain his shock. At this time, he already felt that this matter was unusually strange, and his intuition told him that he was originally riding a horse on the open ground, but in the blink of an eye, suddenly appeared in front of him. up a cliff.

"Chen Lan is dead." King Qi said in a deep voice, "Why is there another Chen Lan?"

Qiu Jun said: "Fuguo, Chen Lan is dead, that's just what the few people in front of me said, and the county magistrate Chen has appeared now, it can only show that these people are lying."

King Qi felt tight in his chest and asked, "Since he is the county magistrate of Qiuhu County, how could he appear in the capital at this time?"

Qiu Junyu said solemnly: "Reporting to Fuguo, this matter is indeed a coincidence. More than half a month ago, a case was submitted from Qiuhu County. It was originally filed and signed, but one of the cases was very strange, so I dismissed it. Order Chen Lan from Qiuhu County to come to Beijing and make a detailed statement. Originally, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs should send people to the place for this kind of matter, but recently the Ministry of Criminal Affairs is busy with work and manpower is tight, so Chen Lan can only be wronged to go to Beijing."

The local county government interrogated the criminal case. After the verdict, the local county government did not have the right to execute the prisoner immediately. Instead, the local county government had to submit the situation file to the Department of Punishment, which would then transfer it to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment in the capital. There are special officials to review the case files submitted below. If there is no abnormality in the case files, they will usually mark the approval name, and then send them back to the local yamen. After obtaining the approval document from the Ministry of Punishment, the local government can proceed according to the judgment result. punish.

In fact, this is also to prevent unjust cases from appearing in the localities.

The case file in Qiuhu County was submitted, and the Criminal Department Yamen found loopholes in it. According to the normal procedures, they would either send it back for retrial or send someone to investigate. If there is a serious discrepancy, and there are major loopholes at first glance, then the Ministry of Punishment will definitely send someone to go there.

It’s just that generally speaking, the case files sent up from below are carefully written, and it is difficult for problems to arise. It’s just that some cases are too bizarre, even if they are presented in writing, they may not be written perfectly, and the criminal department is responsible for reviewing the cases. The officials of the case all have a keen eye for the loopholes in the case, and what they do is to pick the bones.

"You said you summoned Chen Lan because of the criminal case?" Qi Wanghu questioned, thinking that this matter was too bizarre and too coincidental.

Qiu Junyu nodded and said: "Reporting to Fuguo, that's exactly the case. I don't know if Fuguo wants to review the case? It's a rape and murder case, but the murderer recorded in the case is hard to commit rape and murder...! "Said in a deep voice: "Come here, fetch the file."

Immediately, officials went down, and within a short time, they took a case file and presented it to King Qi. King Qi frowned and opened the file, which described a rape and murder case in detail.

"The woman who was raped was much stronger and taller than the murderer. The husband who was killed was the woman's husband. It said that he appeared suddenly, fought with the murderer, and was killed by the murderer, but the height and build of the deceased , and is much stronger than the murderer. At that time, the woman and his wife were both present at the scene, but they were raped and murdered by the murderer. It was very unreasonable, so I let Chen Lan enter Beijing." Going to Beijing, I wanted to discuss this case with Chen Lan this afternoon...!"

When King Qi saw the case, it was indeed submitted more than half a month ago, and it did provide a detailed description of the physical appearance of the murderer and the victim. As Qiu Junhao said, there were indeed serious flaws in it.

"You say you are Chen Lan, do you have evidence?" King Qi looked at the magistrate of Qiuhu County who was kneeling on the ground.

Chen Lan raised her head, obviously a little astonished, she didn't seem to understand why King Qi would ask such a question, let alone why King Qi had doubts about his identity, but after pondering for a while, she immediately took out the official seal from her bosom. The official of the Ministry of Punishment transferred the official seal to King Qi, who took it in his hand and looked at it, but it was the official seal of the county magistrate of Qiuhu County.

Official seals are regarded as life by officials, unless they are dismissed, they must be kept carefully. Seeing the official seals, King Qi was even more shocked. If the official in front of him is really Chen Lan, the magistrate of Qiuhu County, then Chen Guo Where did the unjust case start?

He fixed his eyes on Chen Guo and his wife. Not only Chen Guo and his wife, but also the three witnesses will all bow their heads in this matter.

The crown prince remained silent all this time, and finally said at this moment: "Chen Lan is still alive, so the so-called revenge of killing his father is naturally out of the question." He slowly shifted his gaze to Chen Guo and asked, "Since you are Chen Guo Son of Lan, why don't you even know your own father, and why doesn't your father know you?"

Chen Lan seemed to understand something, and said loudly: "Your Highness, I do have two sons, and the eldest son is indeed called Chen Guo. He is about the same age as this person, but he doesn't look like that."

Hearing what Chen Lan said, King Qi felt like falling into an ice cellar.

"Chen Guo, raise your head!" The prince said calmly, although the voice was calm, but it was not angry and prestige, it was irresistible, Chen Guo couldn't help raising his head, the expression on his face was already very frightened.

"Chen Lan doesn't know his son. If you are not Chen Guo, who are you?" The prince stared at Chen Guo.

At this moment, a voice suddenly heard: "Jianguo, this person... I seem to have seen this humble person before."

Everyone followed the sound, and everyone in the Ministry of Punishment knew him. It was Zheng Jie, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment.

Today the Crown Prince and King Qi came to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to observe the trial at the same time. Except for the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice who were out of Beijing on business, the principals of the Ministry of Criminal Justice in Beijing and the officials above the Ministry of Criminal Justice were all waiting in the lobby.

Hearing Zheng Jie said that he knew this person, the prince said "oh", Zheng Jie had already walked out of the crowd, and said to the prince, "Jianguo, the official's hometown is in Jinling Road, last year was my mother's [-]th birthday, and my mother loves it." Watching a play, so on the day of my mother's birthday, Xiaguan specially invited a troupe from Jinling Road to set up a stage at home to sing...!"

Everyone was puzzled, wondering how Zheng Jie would talk about his mother's birthday.

The prince was very calm, nodded slightly and said: "Lingtang has this hobby, you are also a filial person if you can invite the theater troupe on her birthday."

Zheng Jie said: "Jianguo, I am presumptuous, this person pretending to be Chen Guo, I seem to have met that time, he seems... seems to be a member of the theater troupe."

The crown prince frowned, King Qi heard it clearly and was dumbfounded.

Qiu Junhao coughed and asked, "Master Zheng, are you sure you read it correctly? Take a closer look."

Zheng Jie stepped forward, Chen Guo had already lowered his head, Zheng Jie stretched out his hand, supported Chen Guo's chin, stared at Chen Guo's face, Chen Guo's expression was frightened, his eyes flickered, Zheng Jie looked carefully, and immediately said: "Yes, It's him, it's him, this man is an actor!"

For a while, the whole room was full of eruptions, and King Qi had already stood up and said, "Don't misunderstand, how can an actor complain about grievances?"

Zheng Jie pointed to a small black mole on the bridge of Chen Guo's nose, "I remember this mole clearly. After the performance, my mother gave rewards to these actors. Because this man performed well, my mother told him more. After a few words, Beizhi was beside me at the time, and I was very impressed."

The crown prince has already asked: "Are they the theater troupe of Jinling Dao?"

"Exactly." Zheng Jie nodded and said, "Jianguo, there are many Jinling Dao opera troupes, and this troupe is called Chengjia Troupe. Although they are not very famous, their acting skills are still good...!"

"Family class?" The crown prince frowned slightly, "How did an actor become the son of the county magistrate?"

"Snapped!"

Qiu Junyu suddenly patted the gavel, and said sharply, "Who are you? How dare you pretend to be the son of the county magistrate, and beat the heavenly drum to spew blood?"

The man who claimed to be Chen Guo's face changed in horror, and the others were also trembling all over. Qiu Junpin pointed at Chen Tian and said sharply: "My lady, you said you are Chen Guo's wife, is that true?" Fake? Who are you? Now tell me the truth, I may give you a lighter sentence, if you still pretend to be a ghost in the lobby of my Ministry of Punishment, I will never forgive you!"

The woman kowtowed to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me. The women used to be members of the family-making class, but the head of the class died of tuberculosis at the beginning of this spring, and the team disbanded... The housewife used to be called Xiao Yanqiu in class...!"

As soon as the woman Xiao Yanqiu said this, there was an uproar in the hall. King Qi's face was pale. He really couldn't figure out how it was Chen Guo and his wife who went to Beijing to avenge their grievances. How could his wife, Chen Tianshi, become Xiao Yanqiu in the family class in the blink of an eye, all of this was unbelievable, King Qi felt that his mind was in chaos for a moment, and he couldn't figure it out.

Qiu Junyu still had a serious face, staring at the man who claimed to be Chen Guo, and asked sharply, "Who are you? What is your stage name in the family class?"

The man lay on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The villain is guilty, the villain is guilty, the villain is indeed not Chen Guo, nor the son of the magistrate of Chen, the villain and Xiao Yanqiu are both from the family class, the villain's stage name is Duan Xiao building!"

"Duan Xiaolou?" Qi Wang opened his lips and repeated it, but he was weak.

Qiu Junpin pointed at the three witnesses, "Of course none of these three people are members of the Chen clan?"

"They are also members of the married class." Duan Xiaolou, an actor pretending to be Chen Guo, confessed honestly at this time: "After the death of the troupe master, dozens of members of the married class dispersed. We all rely on singing for a living. The troupe If you break up, you will naturally join another team. But there is a rule in the industry. When you join a new team, everything has to start from scratch. Take it away, we can only start from doing odd jobs when we join other teams... In the home-making class, although the villain and Xiao Yanqiu were not well-known actors, there were not many people who could overwhelm us and go to other places. Naturally, we don’t want to do odd jobs in the team.”

Everyone in the hall didn't speak, and only listened to Chen Guo's explanation.

"We wanted to set up a team by ourselves, but we don't have that much money, and there are no famous actors in the market, so it's not easy to get a job." Duan Xiaolou looked helpless, "So we thought about it, and thought of the capital. Take a look here, I heard that the dignitaries in the capital love to listen to operas, so we thought about going to those theaters first, earning money, and then finding some people to form a troupe together...!"