The side hall of Ningguo Mansion.
"Oh, what a pain in the ass."
After reading the trial statement, Master Hongyuan was filled with emotion, and he let out a long, leisurely sigh.
Sad, sad, unbearable, lonely...
All kinds of emotions were condensed into this long sigh. If Sun Shaozong hadn't had a prejudice in his heart, he would have been infected by it.
But right now...
Sun Shaozong could only return a sneer in his heart.
After seeing the real person Hongyuan sighing, he slowly put the confession on the coffee table, got up and solemnly said: "Thanks to the fact that Mr. Sun has seen the autumn, otherwise the poor Daoist would have been kept in the dark by the little disciple."
It stands to reason that Sun Shaozong should be polite at this time, but he does not want to play cards according to common sense right now.
Although he also got up and paid a salute, he said, "Perhaps it's too early to say what the real person said."
Master Hongyuan was stunned for a moment, looked at Sun Shaozong in surprise, and then asked, "What does Sun Shaoqing mean?"
"There are still a lot of doubts about the case. The truth that the real person thinks right now may not be the real truth." Sun Shaozong smiled mysteriously, and then said sternly: "Now I have ordered people to interrogate the criminals, if the real person has any doubts, you may as well be in the tea room next to you. Listen in..."
"Second brother, wait!"
Just as he was talking, Jia Baoyu's voice suddenly came from outside, and then he saw him walking in from outside and said to the cup, "Jia Baoyu has seen a real person."
At the time of the Longevity Festival, the real person Hongyuan also had a relationship with Jia Baoyu. Knowing that this was the younger brother of Concubine De, he naturally did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly bowed in return.
Just when he wanted to talk again, Jia Baoyu rushed to accuse him again, pulling Sun Shaozong to the corner and whispering.
After a while, Sun Shaozong came back with a face full of helplessness, but changed his words: "If the real person wants to, this official can let people put down the screen and seat, but the real person is behind and can't speak at will, so as not to affect this official's inquiry."
Although Master Hongyuan was somewhat inexplicable about his change, it was not a big deal after all. Besides, it seemed to be what Jia Baoyu meant, and it was not easy to go into details, so he answered vaguely first.
So Sun Shaozong gave an order, and the servants of Ning Guofu carried the screen of five blessings and longevity, slanted it to seal the corner of the living room, and put Zhang Taishi's chair inside.
Immediately after, there were two other bookcases, one horizontal and one vertical in the center of the north wall, followed by Chen Jingde and Huang Bin, each holding a printed letter, gavel, blank paper and other items, and spread them out on the two bookcases.
When the hall was set up properly, Hongyuan Master was invited to sit behind the screen.
He thought that it was time to interrogate his two disciples, but after a while, a group of Yingying Yanyan came in.
Only then did Master Hongyuan know that Sun Shaozong vacated the tea room to arrange for these female relatives.
Immediately, there was a nameless fire in his heart.
This case is not only life-threatening, but also involves scandals in his family. How can a few female streamers be allowed to attend
Originally, I wanted to go out and have a fight, but then I thought about it, this is not a serious court, and most of those female relatives are the mistresses of the second Rongning residence.
If he were about to make trouble, he would only have to offend Sun Shaozong, but offend the Jia family and the concubine De, but it would not be worth it.
In addition, he is also eager to find out what Sun Shaozong just said.
So after a little hesitation, he gritted his teeth and sat back on the chair.
…
But it was said that outside the screen, while the girls greeted Sun Shaozong with eloquence, the maid had already moved the tables, chairs, benches, and tea and snacks into the tea room.
When they entered the room, chatteringly lined up their seats, only to see Baoyu arriving late, shaking a piece of rice paper that was still wet with ink, and said with a smile, "This is the testimony of the court trial this morning. Brother copied a copy!"
With that said, he pulled one of the coffee tables to the middle, and carefully spread the confession.
"whispering sound!"
Seeing that the confession was facing Lin Daiyu, but it was upside down for himself, Shi Xiangyun said half-truth and angrily: "Second brother is so partial, is it because only the opposite is your good relative, we are the wind blowing here. Can't you come?"
Lin Daiyu, however, was not easy to get along with either, and while looking at the confession, she retorted: "Sister Yun will be embarrassed. If you don't say the word 'love brother' then, can you recognize it even if it is reversed? "
Seeing that the two were arguing again, Jia Baoyu simply picked up the confession again, and said with a bitter face: "stop, stop, it's all my fault, I'll read it to the sisters, it's done, right?"
Xue Baochai also hurriedly persuaded: "All calm down, after all, this manor is holding a funeral."
As soon as these words came out, even Jia Baoyu was busy and serious, controlled the volume, and read the confession again.
Although the girls had already heard the general idea, the specific details were first heard, and a few of them couldn't help but feel that Ma Yizhen and Hongyuan Zhenren were worthless.
At the same time, some people feel that Ma's death is really miserable.
While we were discussing, I heard a crisp sound outside, and then Chen Jingde shouted in a cadence: "Come on, bring the criminals to the court!"
The girls then quickly restrained their minds and turned their attention to the hall.
…
However, after Sun Shaozong sent the order to ascend to the hall, Ma Yizhen and Liu Yiwei, whose hands were tied, were brought into the hall.
This Ma Yizhen really is six feet and has a big waist and a big waist, but he doesn't look reckless and stupid.
At first glance, it looks like a slightly smaller Sun Shaozong.
As for Liu Yiwei next to him, with his thin, black and well-proportioned physique and indifferent and rigid facial features, one can tell that he is a stubborn master.
After Sun Shaozong looked at the two of them one by one, he suddenly ordered, "Deputy Chen Si, come and ask questions."
Chen Jingde was a little confused at the moment, stunned for a while, until Ma Yizhen couldn't help but look up, he suddenly came over, and hurriedly said: "Bold thief, you have already confessed your guilt, why are you confessing so much? false?!"
Ma Yizhen was surprised when he heard the words, bent his body down, and replied, "I'm wronged, my lord! Everything the poor man said is true, and he never concealed any lies."
"Humph!"
Chen Jingde snorted coldly: "You're not a dead heart until the Yellow River!"
Immediately, he leaned forward and said sarcastically: "This official asks you, you will confess again, saying that you have been outside the city for half a month and have never had any contact with the city, so how do you know that there are ready-made products in the patriarch's palace? He also carried iron nails, mallet and other objects on purpose to hang Zhao Yixiong's body on the plaque?!"
From this shout, I know that this fellow's professional quality is not up to the mark.
If an experienced interrogator is an experienced interrogator, he will definitely hide this information first, in order to lure Ma Yizhen to reveal his faults.
On the contrary, Ma Yizhen responded very calmly.
Hearing him with a wry smile: "Your Excellency is joking, how did I know that there is a ladder in the hall? I originally planned to nail the corpse of the shameless traitor in front of the patriarch's statue to apologize, but when I entered the door, I found a ladder inside. Changed my mind temporarily."
"This… "
Chen Jingde went through it in his mind and felt that there was nothing wrong to say, and subconsciously looked at Sun Shaozong, and seeing that he was still there, he asked in a deep voice, "Then why do you want to make an appointment with Ma Shi in half a month? Aren't you afraid that there will be a lot of dreams at night and something will happen?"
Ma Yizhen is still eloquent: "Pindao, this is also a helpless move, after all, if the agreed time is too short, it will easily make people think of the three of us."
After a pause, he said solemnly: "It is not a pity for me and the fifth junior brother to die, but we dare not ruin the reputation of our teacher! It is worth taking some risks for this!"
This time, Chen Jingde didn't look at Sun Shaozong, but gave Huang Bin a disdainful look, apparently thinking that the question he raised was completely meaningless.
But the third question he asked next was still a doubt raised by Huang Bin.
But this time, before Chen Jingde could finish his question, Sun Shaozong suddenly interjected and asked, "Before killing Zhao Yixiong, did you ever give him a chance to defend himself?"
At this moment, Ma Yizhen suddenly got stuck, and after a long while he hesitated: "The shameless evil thief is outraged by the people and gods, what else is there to defend himself?"
"In other words, you killed him without giving him a chance to defend himself?"
"This… "
"Yes or not?!"
"Yes."
"Then the official will ask you to wait."
Sun Shaozong stared at Ma Yizhen and asked, "Why do you think that Zhao Yixiong and Ma's acted together?"
Ma Yizhen was finally able to answer this, and he hurriedly said: "Pindao said before that he accidentally broke the scandal between the two of them in the garden, and only then did he know that Ma was pregnant because of rape..."
"What about other than that?"
Before Ma Yizhen could finish speaking, Sun Shaozong suddenly turned the straight line to Liu Yiwei, who was standing aside: "What other evidence did you find?"
However, Liu Yiwei did not speak, and it was still Ma Yizhen who tried to answer: "Sir, the fifth junior brother..."
"This official asked Liu Yiwei!"
Sun Shaozong let out a low voice, and more than a dozen yamen in the hall immediately poked water and fire sticks to the ground, and the four yamen in charge of escorting even stepped forward to grab Ma Yizhen.
Seeing this, Ma Yizhen had to shut his mouth obediently, and then motioned Liu Yiwei to answer carefully with his eyes.
Liu Yiwei frowned unconsciously, shook his head slowly and said, "Never."
"What never?"
"I haven't found any other evidence."
"That is to say, just based on Ma Yi's empty vernacular, you believe that Zhao Yixiong had an affair with the Ma family?"
Liu Yiwei hesitated for a while, but nodded and said, "Exactly."
"Then you never thought, Ma Yi is really lying to you? You know that he and Zhao Yixiong are incompatible, it's not a day or two."
Liu Dan hesitated more and more, but after a long while, he still made him think of a suitable reason: "After all, my mother is the aunt of the senior brother, if it wasn't for the third teacher... If it wasn't for Zhao Yixiong having an affair with her, how could the senior brother kill her? "
"Hahaha… "
Sun Shaozong laughed, and then said sternly: "It may be the case according to common sense, but what if Zhao Yixiong was framed by someone?"
Liu Yiwei raised his head suspiciously, and asked back, "Didn't your lord already experience it, Master... Is Ma Shi pregnant?"
"So this official said that Zhao Yixiong was framed by someone, but he never said that Ma was also innocent."
After Sun Shaozong finished speaking, seeing Liu Yiwei becoming more and more baffled, he asked word by word, "This official asks you, do you have more opportunities for Ma Yizhen to have contact with the Ma family on weekdays, or does Zhao Yixiong have more opportunities to contact the Ma family?"
As soon as these words came out, Ma Yizhen became anxious first, and shouted with his neck stuck, "Sir, poor Daoist..."
"Shut his mouth!"
Sun Shaozong gave an order, and the yamen who had been eyeing him for a long time immediately rushed up, stuffed Ma Yizhen tightly with rags of cloth, and pressed his shoulders so that he could not struggle.
Then Sun Shaozong turned his eyes back to Liu Yiwei: "Answer this official's question!"
Liu Yiwei looked at Ma Yizhen next to him, and finally said hesitantly, "Yes... it's the senior brother."
"Then the official will ask you again, what is the relationship between Ma Yizhen and the Ma family on weekdays?"
"Aunts and nephews are naturally closer than others."
"Did the Ma family know for a long time that Ma Yizhen and Zhao Yixiong were not on good terms?"
"Should have known."
"Can Zhao Yixiong be cautious on weekdays?"
"The third senior brother has always... always been steady."
"That's surprising, since both sides know each other's position clearly, Zhao Yixiong is not a frivolous person, how do you dare to judge that he has an affair with the Ma family without proof?"
Liu Yiwei's answer was hesitant every time, and he was even more speechless at this time.
After all, what he really believed was not the big brother Ma Yizhen, but the real Hongyuan behind the scenes.
But…
What if the master was also deceived
Thinking of this, Liu Yiwei couldn't help but cast a suspicious look at Ma Yizhen.
At this moment, Sun Shaozong also said, "Take off what's in his mouth."
A yamen was ordered to pull the rag out, and Ma Yizhen immediately shouted: "You're wronged, my lord! I really saw the adultery between the two of them with my own eyes, and I only thought of killing my relatives in shame and anger—otherwise, my aunt and I would be different. My dearest relative, why would you kill her in order to frame Zhao Yixiong?"
Sun Shaozong stared at Ma Yizhen's indignant face, shook his head slightly and said, "This may be because the child in her womb is actually your son."
Kick it~
As soon as the voice fell, a crisp sound came from behind the screen.
At the same time, Ma Yizhen also shouted in a hurry: "Sir, this is baseless, how can you be so bloody?! Shi Niang is not only my Shi Niang, but also my aunt..."
"How do you know that this official has no evidence?"
Sun Shaozong sneered and interrupted Ma Yizhen's defense: "Actually, your previous confession already showed a fox's tail!"