Soon, an old clerk in dark gray clothes walked into the court.
Ji Zhibai's expression calmed down and he said nothing.
Fang Yun looked at the coroner and said, "I want to ask you, have you ever performed an autopsy on a person named Zhu Yueming?"
"Your Excellency, I remember it."
"Tell me what happened." Fang Yun observed the old coroner. His expression was calm, without any fear at all.
"That day, I was in the army and heard that a convict died on the road. I went to examine the body. When I saw the body, I asked the officers who escorted him. The man had been sick since he started on the road. He was not used to the water and soil along the way. He was traveling under the scorching sun and fell into a river when he passed by and drowned. I wrote down everything I saw that day and concluded that he died of drowning based on the officers' words."
Ji Zhibai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and his expression relaxed.
Fang Yun nodded and said, "Send the officers to escort Zhu Yueming!"
Soon, two Ning'an County constables walked into the court with calm expressions. After greeting Fang Yun, they also greeted Ji Zhibai.
Fang Yun said: "You two tell me again how Zhu Yueming died that day."
"Reporting to the Lord. That day, the two of us escorted Zhu Yueming to Yingyang Army. Not long after we got on the Yuhe Bridge, we didn't check for a moment, causing Zhu Yueming to accidentally fall into the river. Although we are good swimmers, we panicked at the time. It took us a long time to get into the river to save him, but it was too late."
Fang Yun said: "The road you took, the Yuhe Bridge is not very long. Where on the bridge did he fall into the water?"
The officer immediately said, "It's in the middle of the bridge. It was August and the water was deep."
Fang Yun nodded and said, "Come here, bring those two items."
Then I saw an official holding a tray with two porcelain plates on it. There was mud on the left plate and mud and sand on the right plate.
Fang Yun looked at the coroner and asked, "You wrote in your document that there was a lot of sand between the fingernails. Which plate is most similar to it?"
The coroner was stunned, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and his right hand trembled slightly without being noticed.
Ji Zhibai's expression changed slightly.
The coroner stood there in a daze, not saying anything for a long time. Fang Yun said slowly: "You didn't hear clearly, do you want me to ask it again?" Wucuo Novel Network does not skip words.
Fang Yun's voice was filled with an invisible chill and pressure. The coroner shuddered and pointed to the mud and sand on the right, as if he didn't dare to look at Fang Yun and Ji Zhibai. He lowered his head and said, "It's the mud and sand in this plate."
“Bang…” the gavel made a loud noise.
The coroner was so frightened that his body trembled, but the two officers only shook slightly, and Ji Zhibai could not see any change.
Fang Yun looked at the two officers and shouted, "The water in the middle of the Yuhe Bridge is deep and turbulent. If Zhu Yueming fell into the water from there, not to mention that his fingernails could not grab the mud at the bottom of the water, there is very little mud in his fingernails after death. Even if he did grab it, it would be mud from the other side of the plate! As for the mud on the right, it is mud from the shallow water of the Yuhe River. You two tell me why Zhu Yueming, who died in deep water, has mud from shallow water in his fingernails!"
"This..." The two officers looked at each other and did not dare to answer.
Ji Zhibai said, "Perhaps their nails scraped against the sand in the shallow water when they dragged the body ashore."
Fang Yun sneered, "It seems that Ji Zhuanshi is not proficient in killing people. How could you drag someone ashore in such a way that there would be so much mud and sand between your ten fingernails! In addition, Coroner Zhai, the document describes the deceased as having 'abrasions on his face and a lot of mud and sand in his nose'. These are typical symptoms of drowning after being pushed into shallow water! Coroner Zhai, you are experienced, how could you not see it? Since you dared to write down all the signs truthfully, but came to a conclusion that goes in the opposite direction, what on earth are you thinking!"
Coroner Zhai sighed, knelt on the ground, and bowed his head, saying, "The officer who came with the officers that day was also the chief of the Zhenjun Army. Chief Zhang looked at me and said that this man was exiled from his friend's jurisdiction, and he must have accidentally drowned! In front of him, I said that he was indeed accidentally drowned. However, I have been a coroner for many years, and I still described the true features of the corpse in detail to prevent the final... reversal of the case."
Ji Zhibai interrupted and said, "I do know Chief Zhang. He just said that casually. It's hard to believe that you just went along with what he said."
Coroner Zhai suddenly looked up at Ji Zhibai, his eyes flashing with resentment that had been suppressed for many years, and said, "Master Ji, we, the little ones, do whatever our superiors say. How can this be unbelievable?"
"You..." Ji Zhibai was interrupted by Fang Yun before he could finish his words.
Fang Yun said: "Zhai, you must tell us your true conclusion today!"
"Reporting to the Lord, I believe that Zhu Yueming was pressed into the shallow water of Yu River and drowned!" After saying this, Zhai the coroner lowered his head.
Fang Yun looked at the two officers whose expressions changed drastically, his eyes as cold as ice, and said, "Do you two have anything else to say?"
The two officers looked at each other and lowered their heads.
A fierce look flashed in Fang Yun's eyes, and he used the law code without hesitation to conduct a trial in a separate court!
The two officers were sent to separate courts. Fang Yong tried every means to pry open Wu Da's mouth, but he soon made Wu Er collapse. It turned out that before escorting Zhu Yueming, the then chief clerk Shen Ming asked the two to kill Zhu Yueming on the road.
Fang Yun did not expect this result. He then let go of the code and looked at the two officers coldly. Thinking of the expressions of the two officers when they first entered the court, his heart was filled with deep disgust.
As an officer escorting prisoners, he had naturally done many things, but he had clearly killed someone at least once. Yet, when he went to court, he didn't care at all, had no fear at all, and didn't care about human life at all. How cold-blooded he was!
Fang Yun sat in a chair and thought.
Shen Ming is dead, so this clue is broken. We can only continue from the line of the coroner and Director Zhang.
Ji Zhibai looked up at the sky, his expression becoming more relaxed.
Fang Yun took out the order and threw it to Yu Bachi, saying, "Yu Dianshi, you order someone to go to Yingyang Army and ask Zhang Zhushi to come to Ning'an County to assist me in investigating this murder case!"
"Yes!" Yu Bachi left quickly.
Fang Yun turned his head and looked at Ji Zhibai, and said, "Master Ji, this case still needs new witnesses, so please stay in Ning'an City for a few more days."
Ji Zhibai smiled and said, "It's okay. I just learned from my colleagues in the Ministry of Personnel that after tomorrow, the Ministry of Personnel will issue an official document asking me to take charge of the inspection of the Ministry of Personnel and inspect the counties of Mizhou. Then I will temporarily inspect Ning'an County." After saying that, he looked at Fang Yun with a smile.
"Then I will write a letter to the court, stating that when you were the acting county magistrate in Ning'an County last year, you committed dereliction of duty many times and may even have bigger problems. In order to prevent you from interfering with the trial, you are not allowed to exercise any power in Ning'an County!" Fang Yun immediately responded.
Ji Zhibai's face darkened, and he said, "We have to wait for the document from the Ministry of Personnel to come down first! May I ask County Magistrate Fang if this case should be temporarily suspended, and if I can leave the county government office?"
Fang Yun said: "The person in charge can leave now."
Ji Zhibai stood up and found that Fang Yun had no intention of seeing him off, so he said, "As a seventh-rank county magistrate, you should see me off, right? No mistakes, no words on the novel website."
Fang Yun thought for a moment and said, "I still need to deal with the paperwork for this case. Once I'm done, I'll definitely see you off."
Ji Zhibai sat back on the chair, opened his fan, and said as he fanned himself: "Then I will wait for you to finish!" (To be continued...)