Naturally, the Ming family would not be thrown into disarray by a woman Wen who came out of nowhere. Chen Bochang is also an eloquent person. He has been holding on to his birthmark for a long time, and Mrs. Wen is old. The evidence is not to be believed Attack violently, anyway, it is impossible to just admit it.
Xia Qifei's life experience, only these false evidences, always fail, not to mention the magistrate of Suzhou Mansion and the officials of Jiangnan Road, who themselves are on the side of the Ming family.
Song Shiren was furious, thinking that the people in the south of the Yangtze River were really troublesome people, and he had worked so hard to "design" such a stable woman, but the other party refused to admit it, just by looking at the expression and words of the Suzhou magistrate in the hall However, Song Shiren is also clear that his own evidence is indeed weaker and less convincing in the case of the Ming family's property.
However, Song Shiren was full of confidence. He discovered the secret bias of the Suzhou government, and he was not very willing to accept his own arguments. He inevitably used his annoying sharp mouth to belittle the Ming family and secretly stabbed two In a word, the words were full of ridicule and sarcasm, anyway, he is a famous person in Kyoto, and he doesn't care about the means of the famous family in the south of the Yangtze River. With the support of Mr. Fan, he is naturally bold and ruthless.
Ming Lanshi and Chen Bochang, the magistrate of Suzhou, who attended the hall together, were not in a hurry, and watched the performance of the world-famous litigator with a smile, and listened to the drool flying in the hall. Although he hated this guy to death, he held back.
"Mr. Song, if you want to prove that Xia Qifei is the seventh son of old master Ming, do you have any other evidence?" Suzhou Zhizhou clenched his fist in his sleeve and said with a frown.
"My lord, that lady Wen clearly remembered it clearly, why can't it be used as evidence?" Song Shiren stood on the hall with irregular feet, like a master.
"Hey, brother Song's words are not right." Chen Bochang bowed beside him and said, "The old woman is already unable to move, her cheeks are weak, she is already dying, this old and confused person, How to do what she said accurately? What's more, she did remember clearly the arrangement of the Ming family back then, but who knows if someone with a heart told her what happened back then... and let her remember to come and frame her?"
Song Shiren narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "What a shameless frame."
Chen Bochang was slightly angry, he thought to himself that you can even do such a shameless thing, can't you even say it yourself
Song Shiren was also lazy to pay attention to him, and asked directly to the hall: "My lord, do you also say the same?"
The common people outside the hall have probably believed Xia Qifei's life experience, after all, that Mrs. Wen's acting skills are really superb. At this time, the crowd saw that the master of Suzhou Zhizhou and the Ming family were about to refuse to admit it to death, so they got up excitedly Coax.
But most of the people remained silent, after all, they still leaned towards the Ming family in their hearts, especially Xia Qifei seemed to be behind the forces from the capital, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River were very taboo and disgusted with this situation.
The old magistrate of Suzhou blushed slightly, knowing that it was really wrong not to admit the confession of Mrs. Wen to the death, but looking at Ming Lanshi's eyes, he knew that this was the only way to persevere. He cleared his throat and said, "That Mrs. Wen is really old and confused. The right to accept the letter is always in the hands of the official. If it is an ordinary civil case, it is not inappropriate to discuss it as Mr. Song said. However, Mr. Song also mentioned before that criminal cases belong to the third class. For a first-class case, without more detailed and reliable evidence, I really cannot decide the case.”
Song Shiren was waiting for his words, frowned slightly, pretended to be disappointed, and said sharply: "My lord! This is not possible! It's been a long time, where can I find other evidence? I have found witnesses, my lord If not, what kind of evidence do you need?"
The magistrate of Suzhou was very happy, thinking that no matter how arrogant and famous you Song Shiren are, in the courtroom, you are still the dough kneaded by us officials and lords. No matter what witnesses you present, I can always find a way to stop Accepting the letter, listening to Song Shiren's anxious questioning, he subconsciously said: "The case can only be judged when there are personal and material evidence."
Song Shiren didn't wait for him to continue, he opened his lips, and spewed out words like a cannonball: "My lord? Who will judge the case?"
"Of course I am the official..."
"Since your lord is judging the case, how dare you ask what is physical evidence?" Song Shiren was aggressive and did not give the governor of Suzhou more time to react.
The magistrate of Suzhou was slightly stunned, hesitant to speak.
Song Shiren bowed his hands, looked directly into the other's eyes, and asked forcefully, "What is physical evidence?"
The magistrate of Suzhou was taken aback by his aura, as if he had returned to the scene when he was in the law department many years ago, and subconsciously replied: "Traces, murder weapons, documentary evidence..."
"Documentary evidence? Good!" Song Shiren narrowed his eyes, gave a big praise, and said, "My lord is wise."
The magistrate of Suzhou was stunned again, not knowing where his wisdom lies, hesitantly asked: "Mr. Song..."
Song Shiren still didn't give him a chance to finish a sentence, and asked very hastily: "My lord, if there is documentary evidence, can it be used as proof?"
"Naturally..."
Song Shiren cut it off again: "If there is any documentary evidence, my lord will have to deny it!"
The magistrate of Suzhou nodded angrily and said: "Where is this talking? I am also a person who is familiar with Qinglu. How can I not know the power of documentary evidence? Your litigator is too rude. If you can produce documentary evidence, it will naturally be more difficult than that." The stable woman from before was trustworthy."
As soon as this sentence came out, Suzhou Zhizhou suddenly felt that he seemed to have said something wrong. Why did he suddenly become so talkative? He subconsciously looked down the hall, and saw Ming Lanshi and Chen Bochang with a trace of disappointment in astonishment, while the litigator named Song Shiren was smiling smugly.
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Song Shiren cut off Suzhou Zhizhou's words repeatedly, completely blocking his well-thought-out response, and then finally made a sudden opening and provoked several times, so that the Zhizhou lord followed his will and preempted everyone before presenting evidence. I confirmed the importance of the documentary evidence in front of me, lest there will be a shameless scene of not admitting the account again later.
In fact, this is just a very simple psychological method and language skills in the debate. It is like shaking a sausage in front of the dog, but still refuses to let it take a bite. The dog will be overjoyed to eat them all, forgetting that he wanted sausage instead of banana.
Chen Bochang sighed secretly when he found out that Master Zhizhou had been fooled by Song Shiren. He didn't have a chance to interrupt before, because Song Shiren spoke too fast, and his arrogant and lazy tone was really easy to anger.
He and Ming Lanshi looked at each other, shook their heads helplessly, and felt a little puzzled in their hearts, what kind of evidence was the other party holding... that could prove Xia Qifei's life experience
Knowing that he was played by Song Shiren, the magistrate of Suzhou knew that he had been played by Song Shiren. Looking at the man's hateful smile, he wished to order someone to beat him up, but he couldn't beat him up at this time, so he had to ask in a deep voice: "Since there is documentary evidence, why didn't you do it earlier?" Bring it up?"
Song Shiren bowed respectfully and said, "This is here."
Master Zhizhou sneered: "If your documentary evidence is not valid, don't blame me for closing the case."
Song Shiren said with a sly smile: "Don't worry, my lord. Although this document is old, it is a dead thing. It won't be old and confused... Don't worry, my lord."
The magistrate of Suzhou was choked badly.
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Song Shiren leaned into Xia Qifei's ear and said something, Xia Qifei frowned slightly, as if he didn't expect to take out that thing so soon, it seems that it is indeed extremely difficult to prove his background.
He took out the small box from his bosom, and handed it to the master carefully, keeping his eyes on the master's hand holding the box, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch the box away in broad daylight.
Seeing Xia Qifei's serious expression, Chen Bochang frowned, leaned into Ming Lanshi's ear and asked, "Master, can you guess what it is?"
Ming Lanshi looked a little puzzled, thinking that Suzhou is no better than Kyoto, and there is no such thing as a birth certificate, so what is that documentary evidence
At this time, Suzhou Zhizhou in the hall had already opened the box, and he and the master swept it briefly, and his face immediately changed!
Ming Lanshi and Chen Bochang were surprised.
Suzhou Zhizhou glanced at Ming Lanshi with somewhat complicated eyes.
Song Shiren smiled all over his face, raised his voice an octave more calmly, and said loudly: "This documentary evidence is the suicide note written by the old man Ming himself, and the suicide note stated that all the property of the Ming family will be left to the seventh son Ming Qing. Cheng... This suicide note has been kept in the hands of Mr. Xia, which is enough to prove that Mr. Xia is the seventh son of the Ming family!"
Before everyone could wake up from the shock, Song Shiren changed his mind and made a patch first, looked at Suzhou Zhizhou and said with a sneer: "Of course, there are some stupid and stubborn people, it can also be said that Mr. Xia picked up this suicide note by accident. , so I came here to pretend to be a descendant of the Ming family... It's just that there is a stable woman in the front and documentary evidence in the back. If there is anyone who dares to frame it so nakedly... Hmph, people in this world are not blind, and it's not that they don't have brains. I am Daqing Who would believe the high and low officials and the people in the south of the Yangtze River?"
Mrs. Ming's suicide note!
The wind above the court suddenly changed, and the people watching outside the yamen burst into noise, while Ming Lanshi and Chen Bochang in the hall stood dumbfounded as if struck by lightning, Ming Lanshi was shocked and murmured: "Impossible, Grandpa!" When did you write a suicide note? It must be fake!"
Song Shiren looked at the young master of the Ming family with a smile on his face and said, "Sure enough, some people started saying it was fake without even looking at it... Could it be that young master Ming is a god?"
Ming Lanshi was still in shock. Hearing Song Shiren's words, he threw up his sleeves angrily and said, "This suicide note must be fake!"
Song Shiren felt a little complacent when he heard him say this, knowing that the situation he was most worried about did not happen, and that he patched it in time. If the other party didn't worry about the authenticity of the suicide note, but as he said before, he insisted that Xia Qifei picked this This is the most difficult thing to deal with - if the other party carries the shamelessness to the end - I really have nothing to do.
But now, the young master of the Ming family was shocked, and only focused on saying the suicide note was true or false, instead of accusing Xia Qifei of picking up the suicide note and pretending to be... In this way, as long as he can prove that the suicide note is true, then... the fact that Xia Qifei is the seventh son of the Ming family , it can be confirmed.
Song Shiren heaved a sigh of relief, today the class seemed to be messing around, but in fact, every word he said was planned in a very particular order. Only in this way can we lead this difficult situation in the direction we want.
The number one litigator in the Qing Kingdom really lived up to his reputation.
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Suzhou Zhizhou's face was livid, and he beckoned the litigants of both sides to approach the big case, saying: "The documentary evidence is there, but I don't know whether it is true or not..."
Song Shiren was doomed not to make this lord Zhizhou happy today, so he cut it off: "My lord, if it's true or not, you'll know if you check it, why don't you know?"
After all, Chen Bochang is a well-known litigator in the south of the Yangtze River, and he has already shaken off the previous shock at this time. Knowing that Song Shiren is using a trick to scare the snake today, he smiled and said: "My lord, since the other party said that this is the suicide note of the old man Ming, of course he must For inspection, the young master of the Ming family is present at this time, why not let him come and have a look?"
He turned to Song Shiren and said gently, "Mr. Song won't have any objections?"
"As long as Young Master Ming doesn't go crazy and swallow the suicide note, why not take a look?" Song Shiren squinted his eyes and said with a sinister smile, "Brother Chen's composure skills are really amazing."
"To each other." Chen Bochang replied with a smile.
The magistrate of Suzhou couldn't understand what the two big lawsuits were praising each other. Only Song Shiren and Chen Bochang knew that since it was a family property lawsuit, proving Xia Qifei's identity was just an introduction, and the important part of the drama was who the huge family property belonged to. And even if Xia Qifei's suicide note is true, according to Qing Law, the Ming family can still be almost invincible.
So Chen Bochang was not panicked, and Song Shiren was not happy, both knew that the long road ahead was still to come.
At this time, Ming Lanshi had already walked over, looking at the suicide note on the table anxiously.
In the Ming Garden, there are still many old master Ming's handwriting. The children of the Ming family read it every day, and they have long been familiar with it. Therefore, Ming Lanshi knew that it was indeed the grandfather when he saw the skinny handwriting on the suicide note. It was written in my own handwriting, and the paper used for the suicide note is indeed the Qingzhou paper that Old Master Ming liked most back then...
Ming Lanshi's face was a little panicked, he saluted Master Zhizhou and retreated.
Chen Bochang leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Is it true or not?"
Ming Lanshi frowned and said, "I'm afraid... it's true..." But this Young Master Ming has been taking care of the family's business over the years, and his resolve has been honed to be quite resolute, but he felt a little weird for a moment, and thought of it Seeing some of the secrets of the past revealed by his father, his face became strange, and he said in a low voice: "No... this is fake!"
Chen Bochang said strangely, "Oh? How do you judge?"
Ming Lanshi gritted his teeth and said gloomyly: "My ancestor's method... If she had wanted to do it back then, how could there be any suicide note!"
Chen Bochang was startled, knowing that the other party was talking about the old lady of the Ming Dynasty, and it was indeed the case when he thought about it. If the old lady of the Ming Dynasty wanted to seize the family property, kill people and chase the family, the first priority must be to get the suicide note. This suicide note Logically speaking, it is impossible to remain in this world.
"Then this suicide note..." He frowned.
Ming Lanshi said slightly: "Like that Wen Po, I'm afraid they are all fakes made by the Overwatch Council."
At this point, the Ming family was stunned to discover that behind Xia Qifei, the Overwatch Council had put in so much effort and energy for this matter, and that forged, perfect and messy suicide note had not been in a few months. It is absolutely impossible to do so meticulously. Just the aging of the paper and the selection of materials are extremely complicated things.
You must know that this kind of Qingzhou paper had been discontinued ten years ago, who knew that the Overwatch Council could still find it.
And the means used by the Overwatch Council are powerful enough, and the method of litigation it adopted is even more shameless to the extreme, falsifying all the way to the end... Is there still justice in this world
Ming Lanshi was thinking sadly, but a person could not help appearing in his eyes, that young and handsome imperial envoy, who seemed to be standing somewhere looking at him with a gentle smile on his face, his lips parted slightly, as if To have a big meal.
Behind this matter, Master Xiao Fan is naturally in charge.
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Since the suicide note was published, of course it had to be checked for authenticity. The Suzhou government had already sent people to the Ming Garden to compare the handwriting with the handwriting of the Old Master Ming. The officials from the four divisions of the Overwatch Council stationed in Suzhou are invited to come and check the age and paper of this suicide note.
Everyone knows that the Overwatch Council is best at this kind of work.
Since he is good at making fakes, he is also good at identifying fakes, but it was originally a fake made by the Overwatch Council, and he asked the Overwatch Council to inspect it, and wait for the wolf to solve the case of Yang'er's disappearance.
The magistrate of Suzhou cursed in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak out against the Overwatch Council in front of everyone, so he agreed to the proposal, but at the same time he had other thoughts, and sent another person to invite the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inspect the roads and censors. Then I went to Jiangnan Governor's Mansion to ask the powerful criminal master to judge the authenticity of the suicide note.
Due to the appearance of the suicide note, the trial of the Suzhou government has temporarily come to an end. It always takes time to check the suicide note, so the onlookers rushed to the tea shop to buy tea and sesame cakes. After satisfying their hunger and thirst, they hurried to watch the play.
It was only when those people came back that they realized that the best seats had been taken by the hungry onlookers, so they had to curse secretly, but they couldn't get them back.
The Ming family had already sent a food box, and Ming Lanshi ate the food tastelessly, but Chen Bochang whispered something in his ear, Ming Lanshi's spirit improved.
And here, Hua Yuan didn't shy away from anything, and sent Xia Qifei a food box. There were very few people here, only Song Shiren and Xia Qifei were eating. Song Shiren glanced at the Ming family and said softly to Xia Qifei: "As soon as the suicide note comes out, Master Xia's life experience will be known."
The excitement in Xia Qifei's eyes flashed and disappeared, and he said gratefully, "Mr. Hard Work."
"However..." Song Shiren said solemnly, "Just because you have identified Master Xia as a descendant of the Ming family, doesn't mean you can get back what belongs to you."
Xia Qifei understood what he meant.
Song Shiren sighed and said: "The law of celebration is strict, issued according to the scriptures. In the household marriage of Qinglu and Shuyi, the regulations on inheritance of family property are too strict, and the other party is the eldest son of the eldest son, who has an absolute advantage, even if you have the letter in your hand It is impossible for the government to award the property of the Ming family to you in the will of the old master Ming, let alone these officials on Jiangnan Road... It seems that they all listen to the words of the Ming family."
Xia Qifei nodded slightly, and said with a determined expression on his face: "It would be a surprise to be able to rectify Xia's name today. As for the matter of family property, everything is according to what Mr. said. My lord has also said that this matter cannot be rushed. As long as the suicide note Confirmation, this lawsuit does not matter."
Song Shiren shook his head with a smile and said: "You must continue to fight, even if you know you can't win in the end, you still have to continue to fight. The Ming family who wants to fight will be devastated, unable to cope, and the Ming family will make a fool of themselves. of."
The litigator said it was easy and unrestrained, but in fact he also complained about Fan Xian secretly.
He was summoned all the way to the south of the Yangtze River by that Mr. Fan, who knew he was going to fight... but it was a lawsuit that he would lose! Moreover, Fan Xian also ordered him to delay the process of this lawsuit as long as possible... Song Shiren had only lost to Fan Xian once in court in this life, and now he was going to lose a second time because of Fan Xian, which made him want to It sounds like it's full of complaints, but there's no way... Who let him vote for Master Xiao Fan, and who made Master Xiao Fan be generous.
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In the afternoon, a joint inspection team composed of officials from the Supervisory Yuan, the Suzhou government, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and famous criminal masters from the Governor's Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River studied the yellowed paper for a long time.
The first is to compare the handwriting and signature. The old man Ming's skinny handwriting is extremely difficult to imitate, and his personal writing habits, such as all the bottom tails will be dragged down... These are fully displayed in this suicide note.
Moreover, the paper was indeed Qingzhou paper that had been discontinued for a long time. Judging from the degree of yellowing and dampness, the master of the Ministry of Justice judged that the time when the suicide note was written was very close to the year Xia Qifei said.
The tone and words used in the suicide note are completely in harmony with that of Old Master Ming when he was alive.
The most important thing is that seal, after comparing it with the seal of Old Master Ming brought by Ming Yuan, it is not bad at all!
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But this is not bad at all, but it makes the experienced senior officials of Jiangnan Governor's Mansion feel a little strange. A suicide note has been stored for more than ten years, and the color of the seal is indeed old and faint, but the subtleties are still the same as the current The seal is not bad at all... This is too weird.
However, the old official also understood that this matter was very complicated, and it was not a suspicious point at all, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. As for the officials of the Suzhou government and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they wanted to prove that the suicide note was fake, and in the end they even used a special magnified piece of glass from Neiku...but they still couldn't find a single loophole.
After some discussions among the officials, a consensus was reached, and the governor of Suzhou had no choice but to declare in the courtroom: the suicide note is true, so Xia Qifei is naturally the seventh son of the Ming family who should have died long ago—Ming Qingcheng .