Great Lawyer

Chapter 317 What is the heart ([-])

"My lord, the students will pass witnesses."

When she came, three carriages traveled together, and the witnesses in the case sat in the other two carriages!

Wu Dianyin nodded, "Biography!"

After the words fell, eight people came in from the door, some knelt down and some stood aside and bowed their hands in salute.

Several of them were colleagues from the same village and pawn shop that Mao Xianyou knew.

"Qiao Dong, when did you notice Mao Yin's complexion was sallow, vomiting and abdominal pain?" Du Jiuyan asked.

Qiao Dong clasped his hands and replied: "It was the second day of June. It was the morning when Mao Yin came back from home. I saw his complexion turned yellow and asked him if he was sick. Just a little medicine."

"The second day of June is the day before Mao Yin's death." Du Jiuyan walked to another witness and asked, "When did Mao Xianyou and you leave Shaoyang? When did you confirm your itinerary?"

The pawn shop guy said: "I knew we were going to leave on May 28th or [-]th, because the customer wrote to make an appointment. So we set off on the morning of May [-]th."

"He left Shaoyang on May 28, but the night before he left, he made an appointment with Mao Yin to meet him at Longqing Temple on the first day of June." Du Jiuyan looked at Mao Xianyou, "If I remember correctly, I asked When you were there, you said that two of you and Mao Yin hadn't met, but that's the case?"

Mao Xianyou nodded, "Yes!"

"Didn't we meet?" Du Jiuyan walked up to the bookboy who brought him from the southwest, "Tell my lord, what did you see on the night of May 27?"

The little book boy replied: "Probably after dinner and about to rest, Mao Xianyou came to look for Mao Yin. It was dark and he was wearing a lot of clothes, so I didn't pay much attention. But when Mao Yin came, I heard him on the steps with my own ears. Shout out daddy!"

"The two talked for a short time, not even half a cup of tea, and Mao Yin came back."

"Is this called not seeing?" Du Jiuyan said.

Mao Xianyou wanted to speak, but Du Jiuyan interrupted him, "Your Excellency and I didn't ask questions, so don't open your mouth."

"Little Master," Du Jiuyan cupped his hands in front of a young monk, "When did Mao Xianyou go to Longqing Temple?"

The little novice replied: "It was the daytime on May 27. When I went there, I stayed in the backyard for a long time. I thought there was something wrong with him, so I took a sneak look at him and remembered it clearly."

Du Jiuyan concluded: "The time sequence is like this. Mao Xianyou knew in the middle of May that he was going to go on a business trip on May 28. But on May 27, he went to the backyard of Longqing Temple full of broad beans and stayed for a long time. After returning to the city, he went to the southwest to find Mao Yin, and said that he had something to discuss with him, but he could not let the Guo family know, so he asked Mao Yin to meet at Longqing Temple on the first day of the first day of the lunar new year."

"Mao Yin went, but he didn't go." Du Jiuyan looked at Mao Xianyou, "You knew you were going out, but you still asked him to meet. If you want to talk about something, you can choose to stay at home, or even go to the southwest, why do you Why did you choose Longqing Temple?"

"What is your intention?" Du Jiuyan asked.

Mao Xianyou wiped his sweat and didn't know what to say, but Xia Baichuan asked back, "Maybe he forgot, or maybe something really happened. Mr. Du, this does not prove that he is suspected of murder."

"Forget? Is it too far-fetched?" Du Jiuyan stared at Mao Xianyou, "do a field trip, fix the time, make an appointment, and then leave Shaoyang by yourself to make an absence."

"Such a perfect preparation is clearly a premeditated murder!"

"I didn't!" Mao Xianyou retorted: "I just forgot, I really have something to tell him."

"What are you talking about?" Du Jiuyan stared at him, "You can't talk to him for a year, why do you suddenly have something to say to him?"

Xia Mingchuan said: "Your words don't prove anything. You didn't say anything before, but it doesn't mean that you don't have anything now. Although they are not biological, Mao Xianyou raised Mao Yin so that he could study and be admitted as a lawyer. It shows that he cares for Mao Yin very much."

"It's too arbitrary for you to say that. He has no motive to kill at all."

Du Jiuyan replied: "The motive is naturally what I said, to blackmail 1 taels from Southwest!"

"Mao Yin has been in the Southwest for nearly two months, so why is it now? Also, Mao Yin lived in the academy when he was studying, why didn't he blackmail the academy, why did he come to blackmail the Southwest at this time?" Xia Mingchuan said.

"Because he needs money now. Because the Southwest at this moment is the most suitable time. Everyone in the Southwest is afraid of being accused again. If something happens, they will definitely want to settle the matter and make peace. One more thing is worse than one less." Du Jiuyan said: "So You chose now, which in your opinion is the best time."

"His eldest son lost a total of 6000 taels before and after gambling in Chenzhou. He wanted to help the eldest son pay off his debts!"

"No one knows about Mao Yin's strange disease. Even the doctor didn't diagnose him when he first got sick. How did Mao Xianyou know about it?" Xia Baichuan asked.

Du Jiuyan said: "After I went to Longqing Temple, I couldn't figure it out, so I went to Maojia Village in Shanghe Town again."

"It was only then that I realized that the ancestors of Maojia Village had a rule, that is, broad beans are not allowed to be planted around the village, and the whole village is not allowed to eat broad beans!" Du Jiuyan looked at Mao Yin's second uncle, "You know, When did this rule start?"

"I don't know either. My dad told me, maybe earlier. But why no one knows."

Du Jiuyan looked at the crowd, "It's not that no one knows, but a very small number of people know. This very small part includes Mao Xianyou."

"Because Mao Xianyou's uncle and father died after eating a broad bean, their faces turned yellow. At that time, everyone thought it was a sign of the sun and sent a funeral. However, Mao Xianyou, who was already a teenager at that time, had doubts. He went to After visiting the ancestral hall, he searched all the records and chronicles of Maojia Village, and he found out the reason why his ancestors set this rule, and secretly took this book home and hid it.”

Du Jiuyan took out a thin yellowed booklet and held it in his hand, "In this booklet, the broad bean disease in Maojia Village was recorded in great detail. When their ancestors migrated here 200 years ago, they learned The people in Shaoyang planted a lot of broad beans, and when the broad beans were blooming and bearing fruit, seven people died because of the broad beans."

"They thought it was an unlucky thing, and thought it was cursed by the broad bean lady. Therefore, the ancestors ordered that the descendants of the Mao family should not grow broad beans or eat broad beans, and they should not even go to places where broad beans are available."

Everyone was dumbfounded, because this disease is really strange, and none of them has heard of it.

It is also understandable that the ancestors of the Mao family were jealous and worried.

"Does that mean that everyone in Maojia Village has this strange disease?" someone asked outside the door.

Du Jiuyan shook his head, "No, the probability of inheriting this disease is very high, but not everyone will have it. Even if it is a brother in a family, it is possible that the elder brother has it but the younger brother does not."

"But it's a pity that this disease cannot be tested and differentiated, so the ancestors of the Mao family had this rule."

"Back then, Mrs. Guo brought Mao Yin to marry Mao Xianyou. Mao Yin, who had never seen or touched broad beans, fell ill. It was at that time that Mao Xianyou found out about Mao Yin's illness."

"Perhaps he didn't have much plans at the time, but he instinctively concealed Mao Yin's illness. He was waiting, waiting for an opportunity that could be used!"

"But Mao Yin didn't know that his life was controlled by a certain food. As long as he touched that food, his life would stop abruptly at the moment he touched it!" Du Jiuyan looked at the crowd, Loudly said: "At this month, Mao Xianyou waited for the opportunity he had been waiting for for ten years. The mighty Southwest is precarious. As a court official, he knows very well that the Southwest would not dare to mess with such a thing, so he did it! He let Mao Yin died quietly in the southwest, and then he will get a smooth compensation."

"If I hadn't been in the southwest, his plan would have been perfect, and he would have received the compensation smoothly, and no one would have discovered him for the rest of his life!"

Du Jiuyan bent down and stared at Mao Xianyou, "Really, Mao Xianyou!"

The weather was very hot, but Mao Xianyou felt very cold. He shivered and went to see Xia Baichuan for help.

The blood on Xia Baichuan's face also gradually receded. He knew how powerful Du Jiuyan was, and he had heard Ji Zhong'an's description, but it was always from someone else's mouth, and he didn't empathize with it. But today he saw and felt it.

Du Jiuyan's strength is not only due to her meticulous thinking and logic, but also her attitude towards the case, investigating every detail and never letting go of any possibility.

As she said, if she hadn't gone to the Southwest, the truth of this case would never have come to light.

No one would dissect Mao Yin's stomach, no one would check what happened ten years ago, she even found out what happened to Mao Yin's ancestors.

The eight witnesses, the clan motto of Mao's ancestors, the booklet of clan motto stolen by Mao Xianyou, all of this...

Xia Baichuan asked himself, he couldn't do it.

With such an attitude, it is destined that every case that comes to her will be clear.

"So, Mr. Du pleaded guilty as soon as he came up?" Xia Baichuan blurted out.

Du Jiuyan nodded, "In the face of the law, there is only true thinking and right or wrong. If the law does not allow me to do something that violates the law, I am wrong!"

"So, it's the same for you." Du Jiuyan looked at Mao Xianyou, "The French Open is back, and it's never missed! You can't hide what you did from others, and you will definitely pay the price for it!"

Du Jiuyan raised his voice and said, "So, do we still have to talk about compensation now? Do you think you are still qualified to talk about compensation?"

Mao Xianyou staggered on his knees, unable to support himself.

Mao Yin's second uncle came to his senses at this moment, pointing at Mao Xianyou and scolding: "You bastard, when my sister-in-law remarried, we wanted to keep Mao Yin. You said they were all brothers from your own family. You would treat him like your own son. Same with Mao Yin."

"Has your conscience been eaten by a dog? You have to pay the debt for your own son, but you have to exchange my elder brother's flesh and blood. Mao Xianyou, if you want to be struck by lightning, you will never be reborn!"

Mao Xianyou looked up at Mao Yin's second uncle, and shouted: "If you keep him, you will fart! If I hadn't taken in their mother and child, they would have been eaten up by you. I gave him ten years of life. !"

"You, you are devoid of conscience, you will die!" Mao Yin's second uncle said.

(End of this chapter)