Demon detective

Chapter 37
dong dong dong...

Two days later.

The sound of the three-way drum in the early morning alarmed everyone in the yamen, especially Song Zhili, who was the county magistrate.

He is still in his sleep, completely unaware of what happened?
"Master Song," the arrester Cheng Xiao rushed to report, "Master Sima is going to be promoted to trial all of a sudden!"

"What!?" Song Zhili suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and repeated at a loss, "Adjudicated?"

"Yes," Cheng Xiao reported, "Master Sima took someone to the Nanjian Prison to arrest him early in the morning, and now he is going to be promoted to try Qiu Batian's case!"

"What?" Song Zhili was startled again, and muttered, "What is he trying to do? Isn't he waiting for news? What does trial mean?"

"My lord," Cheng Xiao hurriedly reported, "Now Qiu Batian and his subordinates, as well as those who complained, have been brought to the court. We can't stop them, and we don't dare to stop them. You'd better go and have a look." !"

"Oh, Nanjian Prison!" Suddenly, Song Zhili came to his senses, and hurriedly asked, "It's bad, Master Sima went to Nanjian Prison to interrogate Qiu Batian, did Qiu Batian say something to him? Don’t you want to overturn the case?”

"No, no," Cheng Xiao said hastily, "I've been watching this matter, don't worry, Qiu Batian confessed to his crimes, admitted that he did the case, and did not reverse the case."

"Phew...that's good, that's good..." Song Zhili wiped off his cold sweat, then calmed down, and said, "As long as Qiu Batian pleads guilty, then everything is still under control."

"My lord," Cheng Xiao said in a low voice at this time, "You said, could it be... that Lord Sima has also received the news?"

Oh?
Song Zhili rolled his eyes and immediately understood what Cheng Xiao meant.

After all, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is a big melon, and it is impossible for Sima Xin not to receive news. Could it be... is this going to handle the case impartially?

Or, it was the group of forces who wanted to bring down the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to take action?Now that they have done such a big round, they have no reason to stand by and watch, right?
Time was running out, Song Zhili stopped thinking about it, hurriedly changed into his official uniform, and hurried to the court together with Cheng Xiao.

When I came to the court to have a look, it was already overcrowded.

Qiu Batian and a group of criminals were crowded on one side, and on the other side were the villagers who were kneeling and complaining, plus the yamen servants and the police, there were five or sixty people by visual estimation.

However, Sima Xin, who joined the army in Songzhou, was sitting in the middle, and Cai Jin, the governor of the county, was sitting in the side seat. It was obvious that he was ready to be promoted to trial.

This……

Song Zhili was about to go up to inquire, but saw the sheriff Cai Jin waving his sleeves straight at himself, which meant to let him stand aside and listen.

good guy...

Song Zhili felt dark in his heart, this is his territory, and now he doesn't even have a seat, so he becomes an auditor.

Snapped!
Master Sima was born in the army, the gavel was slapped hard, and the scene immediately fell silent.

"Take the prisoner!"

Sima Xin called out again, his voice was like a bell, and his majesty was self-evident.

Immediately, officers from the state capital brought Qiu Batian and others to the center of the hall.

Over the past two days, these people were tortured, and they were so frightened that they fell to their knees and shivered.

"Qiu Zhennong, I'm going to ask you again." Sima Xin went straight to the point, "About the case of kidnapping and degrading the girl Ai Lian, and killing old man Li's father and daughter, can you plead guilty?"

"Admit, I admit, woo..." Qiu Batian knelt down and cried loudly, "I confess, I confess..."

After two days of torture, Qiu Batian was like a frightened bird, afraid of suffering from physical pain again.

Although this kind of person is arrogant and domineering and violent on weekdays, he can't bear the slightest bit of suffering at all, and his fragile psychological defense has long since collapsed.

"Okay," Sima Xin nodded, "Since you have pleaded guilty, there is no need for a retrial in this case! Someone, push Qiu Zhennong out and show him off to the public!!"

what! ?

Sima Xin's words were very surprising, and the scene was suddenly dead silent.

According to the laws of Daxuan, the county government must go through several layers of review to deal with death-row criminals. It will take at least two months to implement.

"what!?"

Qiu Batian was like a bolt from the blue, completely frightened.

The reason why he pleaded guilty so readily was because he knew that he would not be executed soon, as long as he was given time, then his uncle, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, would definitely have a way to save him!

Therefore, in order to avoid the suffering of flesh and blood, he confessed to the crime.

However, what he didn't expect was that the officer adjudicating the case didn't play his cards according to the routine, and now he was about to be executed!
"What are you doing in a daze?" Seeing everyone in a daze, Sima Xin yelled, "Didn't you hear what I said? Pull it out and show it to everyone!!!"

"Yes!" Several guards rushed out to pull Qiu Batian.

At this moment, Song Zhili, like everyone else, felt incredible about Sima Xin's behavior.

It stands to reason that he should immediately step forward to stop him, pointing out that Sima Xin's operation was not in compliance with the rules.

However, his mind was not slow, and he soon realized, is this the work of those behind the scenes?
They have already put pressure on Sima Xin, as long as Qiu Batian is beheaded first, it will be a case of death without proof, can they use this case to attack the Minister of the Ministry of Officials better in the future?

Otherwise, once Qiu Batian retracts his confession in the future, it will obviously be troublesome.

Thinking of this, Song Zhili simply stood still without moving.

"My lord, my lord...it's not right, it's not right!" Seeing that he was really taken away for questioning, Qiu Batian was terrified, and hurriedly shouted, "That's not what I said beforehand, even if I'm guilty, I can't do it so quickly Ask me to kill! My lord, my uncle is Qiu Kai, the official minister, you...you can't kill me..."

"You bastard!" Sima Xin slapped the gavel, "The emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, so what if your uncle is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials?"

"But... but... my lord..." Qiu Batian was so frightened that he yelled, "It's against the law for you to do this, how can the county government directly ask for beheading?"

"Hmph," Sima Xinteng stood up, and shouted loudly, "I am a member of the army in Songzhou, and all death-row inmates in this state will be reviewed by me in the end. For a death-row inmate who committed such a serious crime like you, I am enough to The right to execute you on the spot!
"Since you have pleaded guilty, then the review is correct. If you don't ask to be executed now, what are you waiting for?"

"Ah? This..." Qiu Batian collapsed on the ground, his face pale with fright, and his whole body trembling.

"Go!" Sima Xin said to the guard again, "Beheaded at the gate of the yamen on the spot, so as to warn others!"

"Yes!" Several guards grabbed Qiu Batian again and dragged him outside like a dead dog.

"Big... Great Sir..." At this time, although Qiu Batian was desperate, he still understood one thing, that is, the official who presided over the trial was a military officer from Songzhou, not an official from the county.

So, he hastily struggled to say that sentence: "Little one, I'm wronged, I'm wronged!"

"slow!"

It seemed that Sima Xin had been waiting for this sentence, and when he heard Qiu Batian's grievance, he immediately reached out to stop him and asked, "What did you say?"

"My lord, the little one is wronged! Huh..." Qiu Batian cried bitterly, lying on the ground and said, "The little one was beaten into a trick! I couldn't bear that crime, so I confessed it! Please... please be careful, my lord. !"

"Nonsense!" Sima Xin shouted, "How can such a serious crime be trifling with, I think you are talking nonsense!"

"No, no, my lord, my lord, oh..." Qiu Batian cried, "I really didn't kidnap and defile any woman, nor did I kill any father and daughter to silence them. Really, what I said is all Really! I was really wronged, woo woo..."

"Oh?"

Suddenly, a gleam of satisfaction flashed in Sima Xin's eyes, and he sat down steadily.

The moment Sima Xin sat down, County Magistrate Song Zhili had a premonition, and immediately shuddered, feeling that something was wrong...

……

(End of this chapter)