"Uncle, you..." Jia Xiaoren turned his head to look at the round-faced boss in disbelief, not believing that his uncle didn't help him, but went to help an outsider.
The round-faced boss looked at Jia Xiaoren and said, "Xiaoren, everyone is here, your arms can't twist your thighs." Even if he said no, the bosses of other grain and oil stores and seafood stalls will also come out to identify them, and his home is still there. This Tongshan has gone down.
Jia Xiaoren snorted coldly: "Hmph, it's not certain who is the arm and who is the thigh."
The round-faced boss sighed, in his heart he really gave up persuading this nephew.
Above, Luo Mingda asked again: "Yuan Changhe, please explain everything in detail."
So, the round-faced boss told him exactly what Jia Xiaoren told him and how he did it.
Later, Luo Mingda asked the owner of the seafood stall and the owner of the grain and oil store again, confirming their confessions one by one and asking them to sign and draw them later, and let them go down.
But they didn't leave, they were all watching the development of things outside the door.
Luo Mingda asked, "Jia Xiaoren, what else do you have to say about this matter?"
Jia Xiaoren noticed that Luo Mingda's attitude was wrong. According to the tacit understanding formed by the two people before, Luo Mingda would not have invited so many people to inquire. He looked at Luo Mingda suspiciously, wondering why he suddenly changed his mind? Didn't you say it well before
However, although he didn't know why Luo Mingda changed his mind, he knew that he could not admit it at this time. As long as he insisted on coming to his home and his cousin, they would find a way for him.
He shook his head and said, "I didn't do it. They deliberately slandered and framed me."
Luo Mingda stunned and said angrily: "The evidence is solid, how can you deny it! Jia Xiaoren, you are narrow-minded, threatening traders with others, deliberately suppressing your peers for personal gain, and you still do not repent of your bad behavior! The officer dragged him out to play twenty big boards!"
"Yes, my lord!" The two yamen came out, dragging Jia Xiaoren to leave.
Jia Xiaoren shouted: "Why beat me! They falsely accused me! I'm not from Tongshan, why beat me!"
Unexpectedly, but no one listened to his shouting, and the crowd of onlookers quickly gave up a passage for the yamen to pass.
Soon, Jia Xiaoren was pressed on the bench.
Bang!
The yamen's board was knocked down.
"Ah—" Jia Xiaoren called out, turned his head and shouted, "You are so gentle!"
Inside Lominda shouted, "Hit me hard!"
The two yamen looked at each other, and the strength in their hands increased.
Bang! Bang! bang—
"Ah! Ow—"
The onlookers kept applauding.
"Play well! This kind of person should play the board! Play a few more boards!"
"That's it! If you don't do a good job in your own business, try to think of some crooked ways! It's time to fight!"
"… "
Jia Xiaoren was screaming, his ears were filled with his own screams of pain and those discussions, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
Hello Lominda! Hello Yu Qingze! See how I teach you later!
"Ow—"
In the courtroom, Niu San watched his boss get slapped on the board, and he felt his butt hurt even more.
And Yu Qingze and Da Song watched Jia Xiaoren take the board, and they were very relieved!
Deserved!
First breath!
After playing the board, Jia Xiaoren's arrogance suddenly weakened.
Luo Mingda asked: "Jia Xiaoren, this official asks you, answer the truth. Do you know Niu San?"
Jia Xiaoren's buttocks hurt so badly, he supported his waist with one hand and the ground with the other, and replied, "I don't know."
Luo Mingda continued: "Cao Yuan, a villager in Wulipo outside Qingzhou City, identified Niu San as a servant of your other courtyard. How do you explain it?"
Jia Xiaoren gritted his teeth and said, "My other courtyard has only one old housekeeper for many years, and no one else lives there."
Cao Yuan immediately said: "Nonsense, where did those dozen men come from? They have lived here for several years! Some villagers have seen your housekeeper and servant go to another courtyard, don't think about quibbling!"
Jia Xiaoren stared at Cao Yuan and said, "Who bought you to frame me? Is it Yu Qingze?!"
Cao Yuan was very angry and said: "Nonsense! Do you think everyone is the same as you?! All the people in Qingzhou City know all the hurtful things you did in Qingzhou City! The whole city can't wait for you to die quickly. Forget it!"
Jia Xiaoren snorted coldly and said, "Lord Luo, this person obviously has a personal grudge against me, his words are not credible at all!"
Luo Mingda took advantage of the situation and asked: "Cao Yuan, do you have a personal grudge with Jia Xiaoren?"
Cao Yuan shook his head and said: "No, but he Jia Xiaoren has a lot of bad deeds. Relying on his cousin being the prefect and his uncle being a high-ranking official in Beijing, he made a fortune in Qingzhou City, and used his inferior means to force many big bosses. The restaurant at one point was closed, and an innocent child and a boss were killed, and the people of Qingzhou City can testify!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was stunned.
"It turns out that the background is so big, and the relatives are all high-ranking officials. No wonder they are so arrogant!"
"This killed two people, but they were not beheaded, where is Wang Fa?!"
"That is, officials protect each other, who let someone in the family be a high-ranking official in the capital!"
"Bah, scumbag!"
"This kind of person deserves a thousand cuts!"
"… "
Jia Xiaoren's face turned green when he heard the discussion behind him, and he said angrily, "Blood spit!"
Cao Yuandao: "You know whether it is bloody or not!"
Snapped!
"Silence!" Lominda shouted.
Luo Mingda asked Jia Xiaoren: "Jia Xiaoren, this official asks you again, do you know Niu San? Is he a servant from your other courtyard?"
Jia Xiaoren said: "I don't know, no."
Luo Mingda asked Niu San again: "Niu San, do you know Jia Xiaoren?"
Niu San also shook his head and said, "I don't know."
A momentary stalemate.
After the confessions of the owners of the seafood stall and the owner of the grain and oil store and the owner of Hongyun's round face, Jia Xiaoren's motive for framing Jufulou can be considered. But this is not enough to prove that Jia Xiaoren instigated Niu Sanlai to poison. Cao Yuan's testimony alone is not enough to convict Jia Xiaoren, and stronger evidence is needed.
The next thing is the most important, how to prove that Niu San was sent by Jia Xiaoren
Niu San and Jia Xiaoren were bitten to death and didn't know each other, which was very difficult.
Now it's obvious that the trial cannot be continued any longer, and the only option is to wait for the person who went to Qingzhou to investigate and look for witnesses to continue.
Luo Mingda discussed with several other adults, and then said to everyone: "The trial of this case is suspended, and the trial will be opened after the investigation is completed. Niu San is taken to the prison, and Jia Xiaoren is suspected of seriousness, and is temporarily held in the county prison pending trial. Retire from the court. !"
When Jia Xiaoren heard that he was going to be imprisoned, he became anxious and shouted: "Why imprison me? I didn't do it! Lord, Lord Luo! I'm not from Tongshan, you have no right to imprison me!"
"According to the Dasheng Law, those who commit crimes in other places are managed by the local county government. All crimes committed within the jurisdiction of Tongshan City are under the control of this officer." Luo Mingda waved his hand and said, "Take it away!"
"You can't lock me up, you can't..." Jia Xiaoren roared as he was taken away by the yamen.
After leaving the court, Jia Xiaoren and Niu San were taken away and detained by the yamen, Luo Mingda and several adults also left through the side door, and the yamen also put the fire and water sticks back in place.
The people watching outside gradually dispersed, and everyone walked and talked about it.
Yu Qingze got up, got up too fast for a while, and stumbled.
Kneeling for too long, my legs are numb! This damn ancient system! Yu Qingze cursed in his heart.
"Brother, are you alright?" Seeing this, Jiabao immediately stepped forward to help him.
After Jiabao and Dasong Dazhi were questioned, they were allowed to stand aside and listen. Only Yu Qingze, as the plaintiff, kept kneeling.
"It's alright, it's just the numbness in the legs, sigh, forget it, help me out, I'll sit down first, slowly..." Yu Qingze endured the numbness in his legs and said to Jiabao.
Leaning on Jiabao's shoulders, Yu Qingze walked slowly to the door of the courthouse. He simply sat on the steps, rubbing his legs slowly, waiting for the blood supply to be restored to his legs.
Mrs. Cai and her husband have been waiting for them outside the door. Seeing them come out, Mrs. Cai handed him a letter.
"Wentong's reply."
Hearing this, Yu Qingze hurriedly took it and opened it, only to see the word 'two' written on it.
two? Not all the way.
He folded the letter and put it back in the envelope, handed it to the old man, and said, "Old man, I understand."
The Minister of Rites and the Minister of Rites were not the same people, no wonder Luo Mingda was on their side.
"It's very confidential at this time, don't leak it out." Mrs. Cai took the letter and put it away, then told Yu Qingze.
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Understood, don't worry, old man."
He rubbed his legs, turned his head and saw Cao Yuan, who was also sitting on the steps rubbing his legs, and offered his sacrifice to him, saying, "Brother Cao, thank you for identifying Niu San."
Cao Yuan shook his head while rubbing his legs and said: "Boss Yu is very polite, Jia Xiaoren is too hateful, our brother really can't stand it, I hope he can get the punishment he deserves."
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "He will get retribution. By the way, Brother Cao, you are from Qingzhou, why did you appear in Tongshan?"
Cao Yuan smiled and said: "Boss Yu may not remember me. My eldest brother and I opened a small restaurant on the other side of the river. Last year, I asked Boss Yu to buy bacon. We also came to buy bacon today, but we saw that you are closed. Brand, and then I heard from the people next to you that you have caught someone who is going to prescribe medicine and came to the county office, so we came over to have a look, and I didn't want to happen to see Niu San."
After Cao Yuan said it, Yu Qingze remembered it and cupped his hands: "No wonder I said that the two of you are familiar, but Yu has not remembered it for a while, so forgive your sins."
Cao Yuan waved his hand and smiled, and said, "It's all right, I just met once, it's normal not to remember."
Yu Qingze said again: "Brother Cao, it's already past noon, if you don't dislike it, let's go with Yu to Jufulou for a light meal, okay?"
Because of this case, Cao Yuan still needs him to testify, and he can't leave for two days, so he said, "That will disturb Boss Yu."
Saying that, they got up, and the group went to Jufu Building.
On the Qingzhou side, Cao Ming took the four yamen back to Wulipo all the way, and identified the yard with the yamen.
Because I waited for the boat for a while, it would already be afternoon.
The four yamen went to the other courtyard, knocked on the door and entered, but found that all the people inside had dispersed, and only an old man in his fifties was left inside.
The four yamen explained their intentions, and looked around again, and found signs of many people's lives. They wrote down the scenes one by one, and then asked the old man a lot of things, but found that the old man was brought here today. of.
The four yamen took the old man back to Cao Ming's village, and asked many villagers. Some people said that they saw someone going to the other courtyard at noon, and after a while, the men living in the house left with their baggage, and they would not go anywhere. understood.
The yamen looked at each other and knew they were late.
After the investigation, it was getting late and the ferry at the wharf had stopped, so they stayed overnight at the villagers' homes in Wulipo.
Early the next morning, four yamen officers rushed to the pier with Cao Ming, the old man, and three villagers who testified. They wanted to take a boat back to Tongshan, but unexpectedly, they were surrounded by a team of officers and soldiers.