Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 261: Judging cases like a god 3

"Yes." Wang Fei bowed and raised his voice again, saying: "Your Excellency, fellow villagers, whenever a thief steals something valuable, it is inevitable. How can he steal a handkerchief? This is the first doubt. .

In addition, when the female relatives of wealthy families go to bed, handkerchiefs and other thin, light and small things close to the body are often hidden under the pillow. What kind of ability does Zhou Lin have to explore the boudoir at night and get this thing without anyone noticing? Could it be that he is also a master thief? This is the second point of doubt. "

Guan Tao shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily the case. This week Lin is unmarried in his twenties. If he is motivated by sex and deliberately steals the woman's personal belongings, it is also possible. Moreover, the woman has more than one handkerchief. If it is placed in the wardrobe, it is also possible. Possibly stolen."

Wang Fei smiled and said: "Guan Jingcheng's words seem reasonable, but in fact they are not. If Zhou Lin is lustful, why would he steal the veil? Wouldn't it be more enjoyable to steal a woman's bellyband and play with her underpants? Do you guys think so? no?"

"This..." Guan Tao thought about it and secretly sighed that Wang Fei was indeed a great thief.

The people listening to the trial also laughed, feeling that it was justified, and cheered one after another.

Han Chen couldn't help but said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, it is clear that Zhou Lin might have stolen this thing from somewhere else and it has nothing to do with my family."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "I didn't say it was from your family, so why are you anxious? If this handkerchief was stolen elsewhere, why did he still carry it with him when he committed the crime? I'm afraid, the handkerchief is not stolen goods, but a token of affection! The official speculated that it must have been given to Zhou Lin by a certain woman."

"Your Excellency is wise." Guan Tao and others said.

"Zhou Qiao, does Zhou Lin usually have a woman he likes?" Jia Cong asked.

Zhou Qiao thought for a while and said: "Sir, my brother Xiaoren has been very close to his childhood sweethearts, the three girls from the Wei family who are neighbors in the village. The village elders and neighbors can testify."

"Where is Wei Yatou?"

"I married into the Han family as my concubine last year." Zhou Qiao glanced at Han Chen.

Han Chen said angrily: "You are spitting blood! What does the Wei family have to do with him?"

Snapped!

Jia Cong was shocked and sneered: "If you dare to interrupt again and make light of the court, I will cut off your reputation first! Pass it on to the Wei family."

Han Chen trembled, glared at Zhou Qiao bitterly, and did not dare to speak again.

Not long after, a beautiful-looking girl in her late twenties walked in. Yingying prostrated herself and said, "The daughter of the Han Wei clan pays homage to the eldest master."

Jia Cong glanced at her and said, "Do you know Zhou Lin?"

"I know that he is Minnu's neighbor since childhood."

"Do you have a close friendship with him?"

Wei shook her head and said, "Your Excellency, I am a fellow villager and a neighbor. We have more contact with him than others on weekdays, but we cannot say that we have a deep friendship."

"Do you recognize this thing?" Jia Cong threw the handkerchief in front of her.

Wei looked at it and said, "This is a folk girl's veil. Because the folk girl's nickname is Xinghua, there is an apricot flower embroidered on the veil, but it has been lost long ago. I don't know why it is here."

Jia Cong sneered, many of them had been lost long ago. Yin smiled and said, "Do you know why Zhou Lin died at your house?"

Wei said: "I heard that Zhou Lin sneaked into my house to steal, was discovered by his family, and resisted arrest and injured others, so he was beaten to death."

"Since you have known him for many years, I would like to ask you, what kind of person is Zhou Lin? Does he have any criminal record in the past?"

"This..." Mr. Wei paused and said, "Zhou Lin is usually honest and does his duty. He has never heard of any theft."

"I ask you again, why did he come to steal from the Han family when you married into the Han family, and even stole your personal veil?"

"This...folk girl doesn't know."

Jia Cong sneered and said: "You will know soon. It is said that there are all the female relatives of the Han family, including the maid, mother-in-law and others!"

Han Chen and Wei had sweat on their foreheads.

Not long after, everyone was informed.

Jia Cong said: "Old manager, have you ever brought these people to trial?"

Guan Tao was a little embarrassed and said: "Because these people have nothing to do with this case, they have not been brought to trial yet."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "So, you don't understand. Whenever there is something scandalous in a wealthy family, these girls and women are well-connected and will know it at first glance."

Then he looked at the people below and sneered: "This case involves human lives. Who dares to lie, defraud, give perjury to cover up, or who is completely different from what others said, sit down! Do you hear me clearly!"

All the women knelt on the ground and kowtowed in agreement.

Jia Cong whispered a few more words into Guan Tao's ear before ordering him to be taken down for separate interrogations.

"What else do you two want to say?" Jia Cong looked at Han Chen and Wei.

Han Chen cupped his hands and said, "The facts are all there. Please judge impartially."

"Don't worry, I will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will I let a bad person go! Wei, I will give you another chance, do you have anything to hide?"

Wei shook his head.

After about two sticks of incense, Guan Tao came over with a happy face, put the prepared confession in front of Jia Cong, and said softly: "Here we go."

Jia Cong nodded and read the confession again. The hidden details of the case were gradually completed in his mind, leaving only the last corner missing. Suddenly, I saw the leader of the class coming back. He was not wearing the uniform of a government servant, but the green cloth shorts, trousers, and hemp shoes of an ordinary peasant man. They were exactly the same as when Zhou Lin died.

"Your Majesty, I'll wait until the end of my life."

Jia Cong smiled slightly, finished his last corner, and said: "Stand aside."     "Yes." The squad leader took more than ten yamen servants and stood aside.

Jia Cong stood up and walked down the hall, sighing: "This case is already clear to me. In other words, if you are not convinced after hearing this, you can plead your case."

"There are two neighbors in Huiyuangou Village in the city, one with the surname of Wei and the other with the surname of Zhou. The third girl of the Wei family, Wei Xinghua, and the second brother of the Zhou family, Zhou Lin, have been close since childhood. They were childhood sweethearts. They live next to each other and the residents of the village all think that this is the case. A pair.

Of course, it could also be Zhou Lin's wishful thinking and his own sentimentality. However, if it weren't for Han Xiaolian, maybe this would be a good match.

One day, when a member of the Han family went out to collect rent, he accidentally saw a girl from a farm family who had just grown up. He liked her so much that he spent a lot of money to bring her into his room. He loved her very much. "

"Girl Xinghua only dotes on her boudoir. It is inevitable that other wives and concubines will feel resentment, so they spread rumors and slander her, saying that she had an affair with Zhou Lin. Han Juren seems to be gentle and gentle, but in fact he is narrow-minded and extremely jealous! Let Xinghua explain it how she wants. , didn’t believe it at all, and ignored her from then on.”

At this point, Mrs. Wei was already sweating through her heavy clothes, and her delicate body was trembling slightly. Han Chen also turned pale, lowered his head and said nothing.

Jia Cong continued: "In order to show his true feelings and prove his innocence. Miss Xinghua is also cruel, and she actually set up a 'lovesickness bureau' to invite this silly boy Zhou Lin into the urn! First, he gave him a handkerchief to express his feelings, and then agreed to a certain date. We met at the back house of Han Mansion that evening.

When Zhou Lin arrived in excitement, as soon as he entered the back door, he was beaten to death by a stick that had been ambushing him! Then he was framed as a thief. Mr. Wei, you didn't expect that Zhou Lin would carry your handkerchief with him and keep it close to his body? "

Wei was dripping with cold sweat and fell to the ground.

"Wan Sheng is not convinced. These are all speculations made by adults. There is no basis or evidence. How can we be sure?" Han Chen said loudly.

Jia Cong sneered and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely convince you to death. Someone, come and get the clothes Zhou Lin wore that day."

Jia Cong pointed to the clothes displayed by the yamen servant and said: "Just now I saw on the corpse that the deceased's clothes were brand new and clean. I occasionally saw blood stains, so I became suspicious, so I asked the yamen servant to climb the wall of your house. Take a look for yourself. !”

I saw the dozen or so government servants who were dressed like Zhou Lin. Their fronts, cuffs, trouser legs, and hemp shoes were all covered with mud and moss, but the clothes Zhou Lin wore were clean.

Jia Cong sneered: "Does this prove that Zhou Linfei broke in through the wall? Did Han Juren want to tell me that the robber came in through the back door of your house? Or did Zhou Lin wear the only new clothes in the house to show his respect? Come to your house to steal?"

Han Chen was speechless.

"Ms. Wei, your personal maid Xi'er has confessed that you ordered her to give this handkerchief to Zhou Lin. What else do you have to say?"

Mrs. Wei's face was as white as paper, she seemed to be crying but not crying, and seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Jia Cong said: "You and Zhou Lin have known each other since childhood. At least they have a certain affection. After you got married, Zhou Lin never came to disturb you. Why did you kill him so cruelly? Why is Zhou Lin sorry for you? ?”

Wei suddenly screamed: "Because Zhou Lin deserves to die! If he doesn't die, I won't be able to live a good life! If I don't kill him, I won't be blameless! He hindered my good life, just because he was sorry for me, he deserves to die!"

Everyone who heard the trial was in an uproar, what a cruel woman.

Han Chen said hurriedly: "Sir, everything was this vicious woman's idea, and Wan Sheng really didn't know about it."

Wei Shi glanced at him coldly and said with a smile: "If you weren't so narrow-minded, you always thought that I still missed him, so why would I do this? I told you the plan that day, and you kept praising me."

"That's nonsense! Poisonous woman, my lord, the mirror is up high, how can I allow you to attack and bite you randomly. Why do I want to kill a farmer?" Han Chen scolded her righteously.

Jia Cong threw the confession in Han Ping's face and shouted: "Your wife and concubines all know about this matter, and you still dare to deny it? How can an aunt of the Wei family set up a killing plan? Come and take away the young man who beat him. Come up here and wait for the punishment!"

"Yes!"

As soon as they took out the sticks, all the boys kowtowed and admitted that they were all ordered by Han Chen.

When the facts of the case were revealed, Jia Cong sat back in his chair, was stunned, and shouted: "The Wei family designed to frame and kill innocent people for their own selfish purposes. According to the law, they must be executed! Push them out, take them to the execution ground, and execute them!"

Bang, a fire stick was thrown on the ground.

The yamen servant picked up the lot and escorted Mrs. Wei away.

"Han Chen, as an accomplice and accomplice, should be executed according to the law. Immediately, he went to the General Military Office to deprive him of his fame, and then he was asked to be executed!"

Another fire sign was thrown.

"My lord, I'm wronged, my lord, I'm wronged!" Han Chen cried and was dragged away by the government officials.

"The young man who beats people, as an accomplice, has a hundred sticks, travels three thousand miles, and assassinates Qiongzhou!"

"In addition, the Han family will compensate the Zhou family 300 taels of silver for the burial expenses. Retreat!"

"Sir, Mr. Qingtian, you have cleared my brother's innocence, and the common people kowtow to you!" Zhou Qiao cried, knocking his head on the green bricks, making a thumping sound.

"Your Excellency is wise, Your Excellency solves the case like a god!" the onlookers shouted, they had not seen such a wonderful conclusion in many years.

Jia Cong had already returned to the back hall, and Sister Wanyanshan hurriedly followed him.

"Brother Jia, how come you discovered the flaw in Zhou Lin's clothes so quickly?" Wan Yanwei asked.

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Climbing over the wall will stain your clothes. This is common sense." Naturally, he would not say that this was how Sister Feng found out.

"Brother Jia, you are so smart."

"That's natural."

(End of this chapter)