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Chapter 334 Trial Cases (3)

The Empress Dowager looked at Mr. Zongzheng, "I didn't expect Mr. Zongzheng to be very concerned about this case. Since the record of the previous assistant was too general and didn't explain many things clearly, Aijia thought that we should look for it again. Do an autopsy."

Lord Zongzheng bowed his hands to the Empress Dowager, "The Empress Dowager is right, but the body has been buried, so it might be inappropriate to dig it out of the soil now?"

"What's wrong?" The Empress Dowager pretended not to know.

Mr. Zongzheng said: "Maybe those snakes, insects, ants and beasts have devoured the corpse beyond recognition, and it won't be of much use for us to dig it out. Besides, these servants died in order to carry out their errands. Their Relatives have just been appeased, and we have to dig a grave and open a museum, and the relatives of the deceased may find it hard to accept."

The Empress Dowager looked at Lord Gong.

Mr. Gong smiled flatteringly at the Empress Dowager, and echoed Mr. Zongzheng's words, "Master Zongzheng also makes sense."

"What does Lord Gong mean?" The empress dowager deliberately made an attitude of not insisting.

Mr. Gong finally waited until the empress dowager let go, and said a little excitedly: "Jian hurt people before, and Wu Zuo has experienced corpses. Although the records are not very detailed, the time of death of the deceased and the time of death What exactly are the wounds and weapons are not very clear, but the overall context is clear, so I think this Ji An is the murderer."

Lord Zongzheng immediately bowed to the Empress Dowager and said, "Since the case has been understood, and no relatives of the emperor have shielded the murderer, then I will go back first."

"Master Zongzheng seems to be very anxious."

The empress dowager was still dignified and calm, but the sternness hidden in those eyes could not be underestimated by this aloof and accustomed Lord Zongzheng.

Lord Zongzheng replied respectfully: "The Empress Dowager spoke seriously, I just feel that this case has been understood, I have fulfilled my duties, and it is time to go back and report."

The Empress Dowager ignored Mr. Zongzheng, and turned to Mr. Gong, "Mr. Gong, did you decide cases like this before?"

Lord Gong and Lord Zongzheng understood what the Empress Dowager meant at this moment. They thought that the Empress Dowager was old and were confused. Now that the body has been buried again, although another autopsy is feasible, it is too much to obtain the consent of the family members. Disaster.Moreover, it is too difficult to find something new in the unrecognizable, perhaps rotten corpse.

Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager did not intend to close the case immediately.

Mr. Gong's back was already covered with sweat, and the back of his clothes was already drenched with sweat.

"What does the Empress Dowager mean?"

Mr. Gong was completely uncertain about what the empress dowager was thinking.

The Empress Dowager's tone suddenly turned cold, and said: "Fortunately, the emperor and the people in the world don't know what happened today. If the emperor and the people in the world know about it, I don't know what to think of Mr. Gong, the lord of the criminal department. What matters in a case is evidence. Even a woman like me knows something, but Mr. Gong, who has received a salary and specializes in judging cases, doesn’t know? What he could find in the previous work was too limited. Why didn’t he do an autopsy? Is Mrs. Gong afraid of something? Is there anyone else putting pressure on Mr. Gong?"

Mr. Gong felt his scalp tingling, and quickly apologized, "The empress dowager is serious. No one put pressure on the minister. The minister must have tried his best to decide the case. There are witnesses in this case, and it is said that Ji'an fought well." Those three officials vomited blood. Wu Zuo has already checked the corpses, and the three officials were indeed beaten to death. If the empress dowager feels worried, I will definitely be willing to go again. I hope that the three who have died The relatives of the officials can agree to the autopsy."

Lord Zongzheng stared at Lord Gong in surprise after hearing this. No matter how stupid Lord Gong was, he knew whether he should choose to follow the empress dowager or Lord Zongzheng at this time.

After the Empress Dowager heard Master Gong's words of compromise, her expression did not soften, and she still said seriously: "It's not that the Ai family is worried, but the emperor is worried, the people of Daqi are worried, and Daqi's laws are worried."

"Yes yes yes." After all these twists and turns, Mr. Gong had no choice but to agree obediently.

Lord Zongzheng's expression was not very good, but in front of the empress dowager, he didn't dare to say anything more, but said in a somewhat depressed way: "I hope this case won't drag on for too long, otherwise the relatives of the three officials will feel chilled."

"Lord Zongzheng's concern for the country and the people makes the Ai family admire, but the Ai family really doesn't know when Lord Zongzheng is not interested in the affairs within his duties? Does Master Zongzheng want to take care of the Ministry of Justice with Lord Gong? Aijia heard about it before. You have some friendship, if you really have such a plan, Aijia will tell the emperor about it."

The Empress Dowager did not intend to let Lord Zongzheng go.

Mr. Zongzheng didn't feel much threat from what the empress dowager said, but instead Mr. Gong felt chills down his back, and quickly apologized: "The empress dowager is joking, Mr. Zongzheng came here today at the emperor's order. Why don't you retreat first?" , after finding a suitable job, and talking through the relatives of the three officials, shall we start the meeting again?"

Lord Zongzheng also had this intention, the Empress Dowager suddenly intervened in this matter, it was very difficult to handle at once, so he had to delay the attack first.The empress dowager's health is not very good, and when the time comes to find a day when the empress dowager is sick and in bed to determine the conclusion of the case, it will be difficult even for the king of heaven.

What's more, after a long time, Ji An's boy will always be restless, even if he is peaceful, Mr. Zongzheng has a hundred ways to make him cause trouble.

When the time comes, extra problems will arise, so I'm not afraid that we won't be able to find a way to let Ji'an go to see Hades.More importantly, the more troubles arise, the more busy Dong Rong will be.At that time, the Maitreya Sect will initiate another provocation, and Concubine Bo will attack Dong Rong's workshop again, let's see how Dong Rong responds.

However, the empress dowager said: "You don't have to wait until later, you can pass it on for an autopsy immediately."

"This……"

Lord Gong and Lord Zongzheng looked at each other, and finally Lord Gong couldn't help asking, "This relative of an official..."

"They have already agreed. You just go to find a job. You have learned the lesson from last time. Aijia hopes that the job you find will no longer be an inexperienced mediocre person."

As soon as the Empress Dowager finished speaking, some officials came in to report that the people from Zhongshan Prince's Mansion had sent three corpses, which were exactly those three officials.

Followed by three relatives of officials, they all want Mr. Gong to give them a clear explanation, they don't want their relatives to die in an unclear way.

Dong Rong was very surprised, why didn't she think of starting from the corpse?
Also, who is going to order this corpse to be brought?

The figure of Murong Huaide flashed in Dong Rong's mind.

Wu Zuo came, an old woman over fifty years old, walking steadily, without squinting, with a serious face but not too low, she carefully inspected the three well-preserved corpses, spent a lot of time Half an hour's work.

Wu Zuo glanced at Mr. Zongzheng, Mr. Zongzheng had a smile on his face, as if he was sure of winning.

Wu Zuo submitted the record to Mr. Gong, explained the injuries to the corpse, and finally said: "So, Mr. Gong, these three officials were not beaten to death with fists, but with palm force. "

"What's the special significance of this?" Mr. Gong was puzzled. Ji'an could hit people with his fists, but couldn't he hit people with his palms?
Lord Zongzheng was a little nervous, what exactly is this assistant going to say?
Wu Zuo said again: "Responding to Master Gong's words, it just so happens that women of the people know a little about martial arts."

Wu Zuo walked to Ji'an, and looked at Ji'an carefully.Ji'an was a little afraid of this expressionless, gloomy foreman, and when he approached, he shrank into a ball.

Wu Zuo said: "Jian's martial arts are mainly fists, and the moves are painful, but he has never touched the deadly parts of these three officials."

"Then tell me how these three officials died." Mr. Zongzheng finally couldn't hold back, and asked sharply.

Wu Zuo seemed very calm, "Returning to my lord, the person who killed these three officials was good at using palm force, and it was fatal with one move, so it is easy to identify. In the world, people who can issue this kind of palm force, and can use one palm force It is true that there is such a sect that will kill the court officials."

"What nonsense are you talking about? What kind of palm and fist? Since he was beaten to death, and Ji'an was the only one who beat him, isn't the answer obvious? Where did you come from?"

Lord Zongzheng was completely enraged, he thought it was a trivial matter, he just wanted to use Ji'an to lure Dong Rong out, but he didn't expect that instead of saying nothing as he wished, he was pressed hard by others, and now he pulled out the Maitreya Sect.

Wu Zuo looked calm, and blessed Lord Zongzheng, "Didn't Lord Zongzheng let the younger one come?"

what?
Lord Zongzheng's face was red, his eyes dodged.

The empress dowager said to Mr. Zongzheng with a satisfied smile: "Master Zongzheng really has extraordinary concern for this case, and Mr. Zongzheng has an attitude of respect for Daqi's law and invited an experienced and good assistant who is practical and realistic. , is really rare."

Mr. Gong's hand holding the gavel trembled slightly, and after going through another process, he had to draw a conclusion for this case: Ji'an was innocent and released in court.

Ji'an couldn't understand what Master Gong was saying, but when he saw his mother crying with joy, he also shed tears.

Dong Rong walked to Ji'an's side, hugged Ji'an and Ji'an's mother, "Ji'an is finally safe."

Mr. Gong just wanted to send these people away quickly, all of them. As for Mr. Zongzheng, the farther away the better.I thought that I would get some benefits by building a good relationship with Lord Zongzheng, but now it seems that all I get is trouble.

Mr. Gong finally closed the case. He thought that the empress dowager would leave immediately, but unexpectedly, the empress dowager turned to look at Mr. Gong with serious eyes, "Mr. Gong, who is the real culprit who killed the official servant? I hope you will continue to investigate. They It is tolerable to be an official of the court, but to be used for personal use by others. If this matter cannot be found out, you will be held responsible."

Mr. Gong had no choice but to say yes again and again.

After leaving the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, Dong Rong looked gratefully at the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager nodded slightly to Dong Rong, without saying a thousand words.

After Dong Rong took Ji'an back to Zhongshan Palace, he went straight to Murong Huaide's study.

Murong Huaide was reading a book when he saw someone rushing into the study room, before he could react he was hugged by a bear.

"what happened?"

Murong Huaide knew who it was without guessing.

The tears that Dong Rong had been suppressing all the time spewed out all at once, she buried her face in Murong Huaide's arms, clenched her hands into fists, and hammered Murong Huaide's chest straight.

"Hiding a secret from me, hiding a secret from me!"

Murong Huaide couldn't help laughing at Dong Rong's "spoofed" appearance, "You are a husband's wife, and it is right to do something for you, so what is there to shout about? If you are really grateful Husband, hurry up and cook something for husband. It's been a long time since I ate the food you cooked yourself."

"Okay, by the way, I'll pack some more medicine, and see if you dare to hide from me in the future." Dong Rong pouted, letting Murong Huaide wipe away her tears.

Murong Huaide moved his mouth to Dong Rong's ear, "Are you trying to give your husband a love potion?"

"you--"

Dong Rong's face turned red all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)