Touring the Ming Dynasty

Duan Fei frowned and looked at him, and some of the other observers started clamoring along with him. Before Duan Fei could say anything, Qian Rujing, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, had already slapped the gavel and shouted: "No noise is allowed in the courtroom, and there are no interruptions. Disturb the questioner and beat me out with a stick!"

The yamen servants shouted mighty in unison, suppressing the chaotic voice, Qian Rujing raised his hand to Duan Fei and said, "Master Duan, please continue."

Duan Fei repeated the question just now, and Zhou An replied: "That day... that day my brother came back in the morning, he didn't go to bed directly like before, but asked his sister-in-law to get some food and wine to drink in the room, Then I asked my sister-in-law to go to the next door."

Duan Fei pondered for a moment, Su Rong suddenly whispered in his ear: "My lord, ask him if he is engaged or has a beloved woman."

Duan Fei tilted his head slightly, and asked, "Zhou An, do you have a woman you like, or a wife who is engaged but hasn't married yet?"

"It's really boring to ask all these irrelevant questions. You have become a high-ranking official without a hair on your mouth. There must be something wrong. No matter what you look at, you can't talk about it? Don't chase me, I will leave by myself. "The man who interrupted just now yelled, and left the courtroom of the Ministry of Punishment as he talked before the servants threw him out.

Under the instigation of that person, the people in the hall also talked a lot, Qian Rujing slapped the gavel, and shouted: "No noise is allowed. Although this Lord Duan is young, he has already solved major and important cases. You should have heard of it. It took Master Duan less than half an hour to solve the murder case of the prison student in Shangyuan County two months ago, Master Duan's ability is unquestionable, the court is majestic, and even if there are unreasonable troublemakers, twenty sticks!"

When Mr. Qian explained Duan Fei's background to the people, Duan Fei turned his head and glanced at Su Rong. Su Rong nodded at him, turned around and left from the corner gate. Although there was no evidence, Duan Fei felt more and more suspicious about the case. , that person just now was also very suspicious, Duan Fei sent Su Rong to investigate his background.

When Mr. Qian signaled to Duan Fei again, Duan Fei cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Qian, I think this case has many doubts. Can I withdraw temporarily, and I will discuss it with the two adults in the back hall?"

Qian Rujing nodded, patted the gavel and said, "Leave the court for the time being, and will be promoted to the court for another trial in time, come here, take the prisoner back to the prison and take care of him!"

Duan Fei, Qian Rujing, and Lin Xiyuan came to the back hall, Qian Rujing asked after the screen retreated, "Master Duan, did you find something?"

Duan Fei said: "Yes, there are many doubts in this case. I suspect that Zhou An was framed. This is purely a feeling. Don't the two adults feel that everything is too coincidental? Besides, why did Zhou An kill him?" What about the elder brother? Was he trying to plot his property? At that time he had a knife in his hand, and he could have killed his eldest brother's son together. Therefore, the theory of plotting property cannot be established. After searching the case files, no one said that Zhou An and Zhou Deng had a relationship. What hatred, the origin of that knife is also unknown, Zhou Deng's wife said that she had never seen it before, why didn't the Suzhou government find out the origin of the murder weapon?"

Qian Rujing nodded slightly while brushing his beard, and said: "This is indeed a bit strange, what Master Duan means..."

Duan Fei resolutely said: "The relevant witnesses, testimony, and evidence in this case have to be re-examined and thoroughly investigated. What do you two adults think?"

Lin Xiyuan couldn't help but said: "Master Duan is in the position of supervisor, so it's only natural to have such a request, but...how sure is Mr. Duan? The case is in Suzhou, and three years have passed. It's not easy to call witnesses." It's not easy."

"I..." Duan Fei pondered for a while, and replied: "I can say that I am [-]% sure, or I can say that I am not sure, because there is no evidence at present, and my doubts are all based on guesswork. Although I believe my own Judgment, but after a long time, no one knows if they can find anything.”

Lin Xiyuan sneered: "Since that's the case, why do you take the risk? Could it be that the new official takes office, and the first fire wants to make this case bigger?"

"Don't be rude to your lord." Qian Rujing scolded, and then said to Duan Fei: "My lord, Lin lord is very straightforward, please don't take it to heart, my lord has all the witnesses in this case, it is too difficult to reverse the case, my lord Don’t waste too much time on it.”

When Qian Rujing scolded Lin Xiyuan, Duan Fei also looked at him in surprise. An official of the eighth rank, who is not much faster than the arrester of the lower rank, dares to face the fourth rank of the holy family Zhenglong You're out of your mind when you talk like this?

Hearing that the presiding judge said so, Duan Fei frowned, and said sternly: "Human life is at stake, my lord, please give me some time, if I can't find out anything, it's not too late to close the case."

Seeing the seriousness on Duan Fei's face, Qian Rujing sighed, and said: "Young people are scary, no matter, I will help you press this case for a few days, at most five days, without conclusive evidence, it is best not to do it unless it is absolutely necessary." Calling witnesses because it's almost telling people that we want to overturn the case, and if it doesn't work out, we'll be in trouble."

"Okay, if I can't find any clues that are beneficial to Zhou An within five days, I will come back and plead guilty to the two adults. Time is running out, and I will leave." Duan Fei bid farewell to the two, turned around and left, Qian Rujing He exclaimed in surprise: "Come back, Master Duan, you can't just leave like this, at least you have to wait until after your promotion in the afternoon, you have to go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to hand over, and change to another adult to hear the trial, Master Duan, are you serious?" Planning to go to Suzhou to investigate the case in person? There has never been a precedent before, I am afraid that Lord Duan will not be able to go there as an official, Lord Duan, you should think twice."

Duan Fei thanked Mr. Qian gratefully and said, "Thank you Mr. Qian for your guidance. I don't want to go to Suzhou in person for this case. I'm afraid it will make things wrong. I need to ask Mr. Qian and Mr. Lin to help delay this case. Evidence, I'll be right back."

Qian Rujing sighed: "Human life is at stake. I am also deeply puzzled by Zhou An's repeated confession and appeal. It is considered to be a chance for him. Mr. Duan, there is either no problem with this case, or someone is manipulating it behind the scenes. Be careful when going to Suzhou."

Duan Fei thanked him again. After he was promoted in the afternoon, all the scenes remained the same, and the criminals were brought up in a lively manner. Qian Rujing asked a few irrelevant questions casually, and then said: "Master, I am a little tired, and the court will start tomorrow." Retry the case..."

The people in the hall started clamoring, Qian Rujing pretended not to hear it, Duan Fei turned around and came out, found Shi Bin and the others, and immediately said: "Go home immediately and prepare your luggage and horses, and set off as soon as I come back."

Shi Bin asked: "Brother Fei, where are we going? Are we going to Suzhou? Where is Miss Su? Are we not waiting for her?"

"She will go back and find us. You don't have to wait for her." Duan Fei led the servants back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and went to see Mr. Wei, the imperial envoy of Zuodu. After explaining the situation, Zuodu Yushi thought about it, and only agreed to let him Going to Suzhou in a private capacity, Qian Rujing said something first, and Duan Fei didn't force it. After Duan Fei left in a hurry, Master Wei, the censor of Zuodu, sneered and said in his heart: "You self-righteous, overconfident guy, Forget it, if you are not allowed to touch a bag, you still stand in your way as an official, relying on the support of the emperor to be great? Let's see how long you can be rampant!"

Duan Fei didn't know that his immediate boss treated him like this, he returned home excitedly, Su Rong was already waiting for him, besides, there was a guest at home.

Duan Fei first met Su Rong in the back house, and Su Rong said without waiting for him to ask: "My lord, I went out with that man, and I saw that man hurried back to the inn and met someone. Revealing his history, he only said that something went wrong with the case. The young official who tried the case seemed to be a bit capable. If he was allowed to investigate, I am afraid that a solid case would really be overturned. In the afternoon, another person I ran to see the man and said that the trial started in the afternoon, and I left the court less than a while later. I was afraid that something might go wrong with the case. The man finally made a decision and came out with a box of things. I followed him and came back after a while. .”

He didn't care about Duan Fei's teasing in Su Rong's words, he frowned and said, "What kind of person did Zhou An unknowingly offend this week? He didn't let it go after three years, and even sent so many people to guard it. It's not easy, but I'll go and meet the gift-giver first."