little emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 53 Finding a Case
Today is the day when the case of the two governments of Morrow is closed. Early in the morning, in front of the Yamen in Dageng County, Jiangxi Province, many people gathered together to whisper and discuss endlessly.As the gate of the county government opened, people from both sides poured in.

Above the Langlang hall, under the high hanging mirror, County Magistrate Lu, in black yarn and green robe, neatly dressed in official uniform, stood in the middle.As the two classes of yamen servants shouted "Shengtang" in unison, the water and fire sticks were tapped on the ground in unison, and the solemn and solemn atmosphere immediately quieted the noisy voices in the courtroom.

When the criminals arrived, when the common people saw Mo Jiangcheng being carried up by two jailers, they immediately booed, and there were a few bold and indignant ones who shouted in the crowd: "The Mo family was wronged. Injustice" and the like.

The county magistrate of Lu suddenly changed his face, and Zhu Changluo, who was sitting beside him, smiled slightly, "Only in the prosperous Qingming Dynasty, the people dared to speak out, the ministers dared to die, and the folk customs of Dageng County were simple and honest.

Lord Lu's face turned cloudy for a moment, and he slapped the gavel in his hand, "The kneeling man committed Mo Jiangcheng. You sue Luo Tuisi for killing your sister Mo Lanxin. I ask you, do you have any real evidence?"

Mo Jiangcheng, who was covered in scars, raised his head angrily, his eyes seemed to burst into flames.

"My lord, the villain's sister Lanxin has always been in good health. Why did she die of a sudden illness just three months after she married into Luo's mansion? The villain came to Luo's mansion and asked to see her body. Guilty and timid, why is it so? The villain believes that the girl must have been killed by him, if the villain made a wrong accusation, he would be willing to kill or cut her!"

"Mo Jiangcheng! Your sister Mo Lanxin has been checked with a pestle. There is no injury on her whole body. She died of a sudden illness. The judge's previous judgment did not cover up and connive. Today is the day when the second trial is closed. If you can produce evidence , I will naturally reverse the case for you, if you can’t produce evidence, you will not escape the crime of false accusation, do you know?”

Being convinced by County Magistrate Lu that he couldn't produce any evidence, Mo Jiangcheng's face was pale, his teeth bit his lip, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead in anger and anxiety.

"Lord Lu, Mr. Mo is almost out of prison. You asked him to go there to find evidence, but I accidentally found some clues. It's not difficult to find evidence." Zhu Changluo continued the conversation very appropriately. past.

It is easy to make icing on the cake, but it is difficult to give charcoal in the snow. No matter what the outcome of this case is, based on these words, Mo Jiangcheng is already sincerely grateful to Zhu Changluo.

"Young master, you know everything and have great insight. No matter what you find? Just tell the county that you know." The magistrate of Lu forced a smile on his face.

"My lord, please bring Mr. Luo first. Since ancient times, I have never seen the principle of only trialing the plaintiff and not the defendant."

In exchange for one sentence, everyone in the hall was full of applause. For a while, everyone's eyes were focused on this half-grown boy standing next to the county magistrate Lu.

The County Magistrate Lu, who had hit a soft nail, waved his hand in embarrassment, and a yamen servant below brought Luo Tuisi to the hall.

Luo Tuisi was thin and pale, as if he hadn't closed his eyes for several days and nights, and he was not half energetic.But among the dozen or so people following him, one of the women was extremely eye-catching, which immediately caught the attention of Zhu Changluo and everyone present.

The County Magistrate Lu had a lot of contacts with the Luo Mansion, so he recognized at a glance that this woman was the third wife of the Luo Mansion, that is, Luo Dayu's favorite concubine. The ancestral home has not yet returned.

Under the eyes of everyone, he could tell the difference between the big and the big, and the county magistrate Lu didn't dare to show it too clearly if he wanted to please him.Seeing that the Lord is coming, Zhu Changluo stood up and walked to the front of the hall, "My lord, I have found a few pieces of evidence. Today, in front of the people of Dageng, I want to confront this Mr. Luo face to face."

After County Magistrate Lu nodded in agreement, Zhu Changluo walked up to Luo Tuisi, his eyes were snowy and ice-cold, Luo Tuisi did not dare to look at him, his eyes wandered and dodged around.

"Master Luo, I have a few questions I want to ask you, I hope you can answer them truthfully."

"Yes……"

"Wait a minute, who are you from the Mo family? The trial here is the case of the Mo Luo family. People who have nothing to do with it should stay away! Master Lu, do you think that is what the concubine said?" Luo Fu San spoke harshly. lady.

It's useless for county magistrate Lu to make things difficult for him, Zhu Changluo was already prepared, "I'll teach you that if you say I'm not qualified, you'd be wrong. I've been entrusted by Mr. Mo Jiangcheng to be a lawyer for the Mo family. You say I'm not qualified for this case?" Is it right to ask or not to ask? But I will intervene in this case, not looking for gold or silver, just looking for a way to see injustice and someone will step on it! All the folks present can testify to me!"

All the people in the hall applauded loudly, and the high pitch of the voice shocked the magistrate Lu. He never expected that the case of the Mo family would cause such a big repercussion among the people. While wiping off his sweat, he secretly rejoiced: If today is a muddle-headed decision Closing the case will definitely be a big disadvantage to his official reputation.

A group of people headed by the third wife were shocked by the uproarious righteousness, and the third wife looked at Zhu Changluo sullenly and rather unkindly, and stopped talking.

"Dare to ask Mr. Luo, Mo Lanxin married into the family, but is there any disease?"

"No... yes, she has always been in good health."

"Oh, on the day Moran died of a heart attack, did your husband and wife have any disputes?"

"No! On the day she got sick, I wasn't in the... mansion"

"really?"

"of course it's true."

"you're lying!"

Zhu Changluo's barrage of questions hardly gave Luo Tuisi any chance to think. This roar was like a thunderbolt exploding in Luo Tuisi's heart. The blood on his face faded away instantly, and his eyes widened. Looking at Zhu Changluo in horror.

Turning around and coming to the Magistrate Lu's case, he reached out to grab the gavel from Magistrate Lu's hand, and slapped it loudly, regardless of Magistrate Lu's mouth was almost drawn to the side of his face, "Bring a witness."

Xiong Tingbi, who had been prepared earlier, agreed loudly, and brought a little girl dressed as a maid to the hall. Zhu Changluo sneered and said, "Luo Tuisi, do you know who she is?"

"Xiao Cui, you bastard, if you dare to talk nonsense, watch your skin!" Before Luo Tuisi could speak, the third lady was the first to scream.

Xiao Cui was so frightened that she burst into tears, and Xiong Tingbi repeatedly comforted her.Zhu Changluo said warmly: "Xiao Cui, don't be afraid. On the day your young lady fell ill, was Mr. Luo in front of you?"

Xiao Cui replied while sobbing, "Master, he lied! He was clearly there that day, and he had a fight with Miss, smashing a lot of things... I was scared to death, so I hid. When I go back, The young lady just rolled around on the bed, unable to utter a word... There was a hooting sound in her throat, and she scratched all over the place..."

Recalling the situation that day, Xiaocui's eyes were empty and her expression was terrifying. She even said and gestured, and even the crowd of onlookers felt the wind blowing around them and shuddered.

"Didn't Mr. Luo say he wasn't there that day? What do you say now?" Zhu Changluo sneered, Luo Tuisi's face was as white as paper, and his body was crumbling.

Luo Tuisi was speechless, and the third wife snorted coldly, "This case has already been tested, and a few words of nonsense from a lowly servant girl are not enough to prove it."

"She's a lowly servant girl, aren't you a lowly servant girl? A concubine who is not as good as me is actually dictating in this court, what are you!"

The onlookers applauded for a while, and the third lady was so swollen by the scolding that she was speechless.Master Lu smiled wryly, and sat on the chair dumbfounded.

"My lord, please pass the pestle to Jin Jiu to answer."

Looking at Zhu Changluo who was smiling like a fox, County Magistrate Lu felt as if he had eaten three catties of yellow lotus.I can't believe that the boy in front of me is so well-informed at such a young age. I really don't know who else in the world can match him when he grows up.Thinking of Jingcha two years later, County Magistrate Lu's heart was like fifteen buckets fetching water, and he was up and down. He made up his mind that after the case was over, he would definitely curry favor with this young man. There is absolutely no problem with keeping one's identity.

Chu Zuo Jin Jiu came up to the hall with a tray and kowtowed to Mr. Lu.County Magistrate Lu smiled wryly, "Jin Jiu, what did the autopsy reveal?"

The autopsy words fell on Luo Tuisi and the third wife like a thunderbolt, and the faces of the two turned ashen instantly.The third lady couldn't hold back any longer, she jumped up, stretched out her finger and landed on the magistrate Lu and screamed: "Master Lu, Moran's heart is our Luo family, why didn't the autopsy call for members of our Luo family to be present, you are trying to bend the law for personal gain Is it?"

Being scolded by a woman pointing her nose like this in the public hall, County Magistrate Lu's face immediately sank, his expression became extremely ugly, "I judge the case and collect evidence, I still need you to make irresponsible remarks!" The third lady said Choking, trembling with anger.

Zhu Changluo sneered, "The living can tell lies, but the dead can tell the truth. I don't know if you believe it or not?"

"Jin Jiu, tell what you saw at Taipingzhuang that day, and let them see if what the dead man said is true."

Jin Jiu responded, and first opened the tray in his hand, and all eyes were on it for a moment. There were dozens of broken and thin porcelain pieces on the plate, stained with some rotting flesh and blood, and the stench touched his nostrils. People want to vomit.

County magistrate Lu just took one look, covered his nose, and frowned, "Jin Jiu, what are these pickled things?"

"This is what I got from the second autopsy with my son and his party the day before yesterday. At that time, the body was intact and there was no sign of poisoning. It's just that I found that the lower abdomen was hard, which seemed strange."

Master Lu forced a smile, "Could it be that the corpse is dead?"

"My lord, it is clear that rigor will appear within two hours after death, and after 24 hours, the whole body will become soft and then rot. It has been a month since Moshi Lanxin's death, and the whole body has undergone cadaveric changes. It’s weird. It’s the young master who told me that the young master ordered the young man to have a bold laparotomy. If there is something to do, he will bear it all. These pieces of porcelain are taken from the belly of the corpse.”

"From this, we can conclude that the cause of Mo Shilan's death must be that someone pushed a thin-bodied porcelain bottle into the abdomen from the genitals, and then hit it with a soft object outside the abdomen. There is no trace of injury on the outside, but the broken porcelain front Sharp, it can kill a person's heart in a moment."

County magistrate Lu gasped, the truth of the matter has been revealed!From the county magistrate Lu to the common people, this kind of vicious method of killing is really unheard and unseen, and everyone is silent for a while.

With a sudden "gudong", Luo Tuisi rolled his eyes and passed out.Xiong Tingbi picked up the tray and sent it to the hall for the common people to look at. All the common people cursed and denounced the Luo family's vicious methods like snakes and scorpions.

At this time, County Magistrate Lu no longer had the heart to protect him, so naturally he would no longer be merciful. Without further ado, he tied Luo Tuisi up first, and questioned him about the whole story of killing Mo Lanxin, Luo Tuisi shed tears and remained silent.County magistrate Lu was furious, and threw down a handful of sticks in his hand. Thirty sticks were beaten to pieces, and Luo Tuisi was spoiled and spoiled.

It turned out that he had committed adultery with the third wife, and was seen by Mo Lanxin. Mo Lan's heart was like a fire, and he didn't want to see such a scandal.The two were afraid that she would reveal their adulterous relationship, so in a hurry, Luo Tuisi knocked Mo Lanxin unconscious, and the third wife took a porcelain bottle and pushed it into her belly.

There is such a bizarre and bloody inside story behind a murder case. The people of Dageng, three floors outside the county government office, were furious, scolding the adulterer for adultery, and a little excitedly threw eggs, vegetable leaves, etc. Things were thrown in.

Seeing that a civil uprising was about to be triggered, the county magistrate Lu slapped the gavel loudly, and all the yamen servants kept shouting to stop, and the riot situation finally got better.

At this time, County Magistrate Lu seemed to be possessed by Bao Qingtian, and he took Luo Tuisi's confession vigorously and resolutely.I thought that the third lady's fierceness and sharpness would cause some entanglements, but I didn't expect it to be in stark contrast to Luo Tuisi's limp mass. The third lady's expression was calm, without any trace of fear, and calmly pleaded guilty, without any panic, which aroused the anomaly Zhu Changluo's attention.

Luo Tuisi and the third wife were sent to death row immediately, and they will be executed after the autumn after the documents are sent to the Sanju Department for reexamination.Mo Jiangcheng was released in court, and Mo Jiangcheng, who survived the catastrophe, hugged Xiong Tingbi and cried loudly. His state was so miserable that all the spectators wept.

It was a moonlit night with a white wind and a clear night, and the night was as cool as water, and Zhu Changluo was sitting alone in his room.The window slammed lightly, and after a gust of wind, Ye He fell to the ground silently.

Zhu Changluo asked lazily: "Have you found out everything?" Ye He poured a cup of tea and drank it in one gulp, "The third wife's surname is Wang, and her ancestors have been cruel officials of the Ministry of Punishment for three generations."

Zhu Changluo understood in his heart that Weidao could think of such a vicious method, it turned out to be a family tradition.Before Zhu Changluo could ask, Ye He went on to say: "Then Wang's father is the niece of Wang Zhicai who was sent by the Ministry of Punishment. I don't know why he made Luo Dayu a concubine."

"The prosperity of the world is all for profit; the chaos of the world is for profit. What is so difficult to understand, officials and officials protect each other, and the party fights differences together. I said why the Wang family is so calm, it turns out that there are people at the top."

Ye He rolled his eyes at him, "She didn't expect that what made her unlucky was someone above her... Her plan to go back to the capital and reverse the case was a waste of time."

"Big Ye, you are promising, you can tell jokes."

"Laugh at your head, follow me honestly up the mountain tomorrow, and find the master to detoxify you!"

　Thank you Xiao Nvzi and Lonely City Ranger for their recommendations~ Thank you Xiaohongcha and Tianhuo Lingyun for their rewards, and thank you for the support of the five groups of brothers.Today, I would like to recommend a good sci-fi book "Fake True God", which will be on the shelves soon, and book lovers can watch it with confidence.

　　
　
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