"Do you think there are other doubts?" Feng Liao asked Yong Ruo.
"Only looking at the file, I only found these three doubts. But for you, is it enough to dismiss the case?"
"Naturally." Feng Liao nodded, picked up the files again and looked at them carefully, "As long as there is a doubt, I can dismiss the case and let them retry."
He shook his head somewhat self-deprecatingly, and sighed: "From the magistrate to the magistrate, to the judge, then to the court's punishment department, Dali Temple, the Ducha department, and then to me, so many people...only you found out. Get rid of these doubts!"
He sighed twice, and was a little puzzled: "Why are we all so blind?"
Yong Ruo comforted him: "Probably because you big men don't quite understand the minds of little women. Or, on the line you mentioned, there are all stupid and mediocre officials gathered."
Feng Liao just felt better because of the first half of her sentence, but was choked up by the second half of her sentence.
Yong Ruo said: "Therefore, I have another idea: instead of sending the case back for a retrial by the original team, it is better to have another person who has nothing to do with the case investigate and try it.
"After all, if the previous judgment is to be overturned, the evaluation of all officials on this line will be affected. How can they be more vicious in order to cover up their mistakes? For example: simply let this widow Zhang die in prison, Come to a death without proof?"
Yong Ruo remembered the famous case of Yang Naiwu and Xiaobaicai in his previous life.
The case was also remanded for retrial, but to no avail. The officials adjudicating the case are still those people, they will not slap themselves in the face to correct their mistakes at all. During the retrial, the two were still hit directly to plead guilty, and the protection of the officials was so desperate.
Even officials from other provinces who had nothing to do with the case jumped out and shouted: the case cannot be overturned, otherwise everyone will not be able to be an official in the future.
Without the intervention of foreign forces like newspapers, and without the selfish intention of Empress Dowager Cixi to clean up the local governor, it would be impossible to turn over this case.
Yang Naiwu, a once proud Juren, will die unjustly. The unlucky Xiaobaicai will be charged with murdering her husband and be executed by Ling Chi. They will never recover.
Although the government of this era is probably not as corrupt as the late Qing Dynasty in her previous life.
But thinking about what happened to her father, she didn't dare to have high expectations for the ability or integrity of officials in this era.
Think about it: if she hadn't known Feng Liao and married Feng Liao, her father's case would never have been overturned. The descendants of the Yong family can only carry this grievance down from generation to generation.
She sighed softly. It's frustrating to think about it that way.
"You are quite right. We must guard against their officials and officials, and try our best to cover up our mistakes." Feng Liao frowned and said, "I can learn from the way I investigated the case of your family. I can send another meeting from the capital Those who investigate the case go to make unannounced visits, and maybe they can get something else."
Speaking of this, he suddenly realized: It seems that Ruoruo's pain has been poked
Taking a peek at Yong Ruo's expression secretly, seeing her dejected look, he secretly repented, held her hand, and said softly, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought up your sadness."
Yong Ruo shook his head: "It's okay. I also remembered what happened to my father back then."
She did not continue to recall the past, but said: "Let's talk about this case again: If Widow Zhang is not the murderer, then who might the real murderer be?"
"The person who benefits from this case is probably the real murderer. Zhang Song's cousin?" Feng Liao said in a deep voice.
"I'm afraid it's not my cousin, but my sister-in-law."
Zhang Song is the deceased husband of Widow Zhang. He is quick-witted and has some contacts from his father when he was alive. He started doing business with others when he was in his twenties.
After earning money, Zhang Song built a beautiful brick-and-tiled house for his family, and bought dozens of acres of land. He is considered a wealthy family in the village.
Because he ran around all the year round, after Zhang Song bought the land, he leased the land to his cousin Zhang Wang for cultivation, leaving only two vegetable fields for himself.
Unlike Zhang Song's family, who had two generations of single family members, Zhang Wang's wife, Du Shi, had five sons and two daughters. The family had plenty of labor, but they didn't have a few mu of their own land, so they could only make a living as tenants.
After Zhang Song died of illness, Zhang's widow, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother and son were unable to cultivate the land, so the land was still leased to Zhang Wang's family, and some rent was collected from them every year.
Now, Widow Zhang's only son and mother-in-law are both dead, and she is in jail for being suspected of murder. Naturally, Zhang Wang's family will benefit.
Whether Zhang Wang chooses to take the land and the house as his own, or pretends to adopt a son to Zhang Song, it is reasonable and legal—they are the closest blood relatives to Zhang Song.
Yong Ruo said to Feng Liao: "The reason why I said it was Mrs. Du and not Zhang Wang from time to time is because Mrs. Du was too active in this case.
"It was she who testified that when Widow Zhang was taking medicine for her mother-in-law, she often flirted with the boy in the pharmacy. Therefore, the boy was arrested and tortured by the government. Arsenic.
"It was also she who testified that: Widow Zhang was dissatisfied with her mother-in-law, and often complained about her mother-in-law in front of her.
"These two testimonies may seem ordinary, but they are very deadly. Because they complement the two key points of widow Zhang's motive and murder weapon."
Feng Liao listened silently, feeling serious doubts about her ability to solve cases. Can such a self be able to fulfill such a heavy responsibility as "determination" of prisoners
He decided: Ask if you don't understand, and ask for help humbly, because he can't understand.
He thought about it and said, "One more thing: Mrs. Du has a chance to commit the crime, right?"
Yong Ruo nodded in approval, and then picked up a testimony: "That's right. Widow Zhang's son is still young and did not hold a birthday banquet. On the day of the incident, only a few people who wanted to curry favor with their family entered the house , and Du Shi is one of them."
After analyzing the case, Yong Ruo told Feng Liao again: "During the court trial, don't mention me, just say that you discovered these suspicious points yourself. Otherwise, if those adults turn their faces, they will detain me as a harem." I can't bear the hats of Qianzheng and Hen Sichen."
Feng Liao was very troubled.
If you agree, this is taking advantage of others, which is a bit shameless. If you don't agree, Ruoruo's concerns are very reasonable. In case those old-fashioned people criticize Ruoruo, wouldn't it cause her trouble for nothing
After the court trial, Feng Liao hooked up and executed a large number of prisoners.
Those who were executed included Yuan Cheng, A Lan, Wu Er's group, and those from the Wei family.
The enemy was beheaded, and the Zhou family set off firecrackers again.
It's just that in order to keep a low profile and fear that the two sons would be frightened, he didn't go to Caishikou to watch the murder in person.
Widow Zhang was naturally not arrested, but her case was not sent back for retrial.
Feng Liao persuaded the emperor to transfer a small official Zhou Mingdong from the Ministry of Punishment who was said to be very good at investigating cases, and let him have a special title of patrol envoy to secretly visit Widow Zhang's case.
Under Feng Liao's persuasion, the execution of criminals was regarded as the seventh errand he did for the emperor.
The eighth mission entrusted to him by the emperor was to preside over this year's foreign inspection.
The external inspection and the Beijing inspection are a system for assessing the performance of officials. Foreign inspections are aimed at foreign officials, and Beijing inspections are aimed at Beijing officials. They come in rotation every three years, and the Ministry of Officials is in charge.
The results of the assessment will determine the appointment, dismissal and promotion of officials.
So, from October, Feng Liao began to focus on dealing with the officials of the Ministry of Officials again.
Yong Ruo did some calculations, and in less than a year, Feng Liao had already worked closely with four of the six films. It seems that the emperor's desire to support and teach Feng Liao is very urgent!
I was busy until mid-November, and the work of the foreign inspection was finally over.
Feng Liao had lost a lot of weight, which made Empress Wei very distressed.
Under Queen Wei's protest and Feng Liao's pleading, Emperor Chengtai finally decided to let Feng Liao go a little bit, and the next two errands for him were relatively simple.
The ninth errand is: to prepare the winter solstice gift for the important officials of the court.
Feng Liao took out the list from previous years and looked through it, and discussed it with Queen Wei, and it was settled within two days.
The tenth thing is to preside over the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven during the Winter Solstice Festival.
Everything in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was done according to etiquette, as long as there were no mistakes, Feng Liao also finished it smoothly.
The ten things were successfully completed, and Feng Liao was in a very happy and relaxed mood as he officially got the emperor's promise to choose his own wife.
His main energy and focus are on studying government affairs.
At this moment, the truth about Widow Zhang's case also came to light.
Zhou Mingdong, the prison envoy sent from the Ministry of Punishments, jointly with the local officials made a statement: Widow Zhang was wronged, and the real murderer was Du Shi.
The meat buns made by Widow Zhang are very delicious, and her son likes them very much. The stingy old lady of Zhang's family will be more generous on her grandson's birthday, allowing Widow Zhang to make some meat buns for her grandson to eat.
Mrs. Du once learned how to make buns from Widow Zhang. Widow Zhang didn't hide her secrets, so she taught her directly.
On the day of the incident, Du Shi also steamed a basket of meat buns at home, and two of the buns were filled with arsenic that she bought on the black market.
After that, she hid the two poisonous buns in her sleeves and took them to Widow Zhang's house as a gift. He secretly used these two poisonous buns in exchange for two ordinary meat buns made by Widow Zhang.
She didn't know how the two poisonous buns were eaten by the grandparents.
Anyway, the result is: the grandparents and grandchildren are both dead.
That Zhou Mingdong winked very much.
When the truth of the case came to light, he publicized it in the local area: how did His Highness the Crown Prince discover doubts in the court trial, and asked the emperor to send him to investigate secretly. A chance for revenge. Seriously helped Feng Liao gain a wave of reputation.
The emperor was very happy when he received the report, and called Feng Liao over to praise him fiercely.
Feng Liao couldn't bear it any longer, so she revealed that Yong Ruo actually discovered those suspicious points.
"Why didn't you say it earlier?" The expression on the emperor's face was extremely complicated.
He felt more and more: this Yong family is really meticulous and clear-sighted, which makes people have to take it seriously.
How could such a woman be willing to be a concubine for the rest of her life and be bullied by another woman
If she is not allowed to be the main wife, Liao'er's harem will not be peaceful in the future, and the children and grandchildren will also be affected.
It seems that Daoist Xu Qing's horoscope was well approved, perhaps the Yong family is really a blessed person with precious fate.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chengtai frowned again: If the Yong family is really a blessed person, why has he been with Liao Er for more than half a year, and he is the only favorite of the special family, but he is still not pregnant