The waiter slapped the gavel and shouted: "Xiao Sheng, did you tell everyone that you were going to kill Chen Qing when you were drinking that day?"

Xiao Jun knelt on the ground: "My lord, the villain drank wine that day, and he may have said some angry words to his colleague, but the villain just vented his anger verbally, and did not really intend to kill him!"

"That's exactly what I said!"

Xiao Jun paused and said: "My lord, I just made a slip of the tongue after drinking. And after drinking, I went home."

"Did anyone testify?"

"Your Majesty, after drinking with everyone, I went back to the house alone." Then, he kowtowed to Chen Qing's father, "The villain is just fighting with Mr. Chen, but he definitely has no intention of killing anyone. I will destroy my future because of a spat!"

Father Chen clenched his hands between his sleeves and ignored Xiao Jun.He said to the waiter in the hall.

"In my opinion, this scholar probably doesn't even have the guts to kill a chicken, so it's better to interrogate Wen Chuan as soon as possible." The Master Attendant coughed slightly.As soon as he slapped the gavel, Wen Chuan was brought to the front of the hall by two small officials.Although he mentioned Tang Lai, Wen Chuan walked with his hands behind his back.That demeanor seems to be walking in the yard of one's own house.The two little officials behind him looked like his servants following behind him.

The junior officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice all complained in low voices: "The second son of the Wen family, relying on his aunt as the queen mother, acts mischievously all day long. He has no official position, and as a suspect, he came to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to meet the waiter. Adults don’t even kneel down!”

Feng Ningping chuckled softly: "Now there's a good show to watch!"

The Master Attendant asked, "On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, did you instruct your servants to injure Mr. Chen?"

Wen Chuan didn't deny it either, "It was my discipline who kept silent that made the evil servant at home hurt Mr. Chen. I am here to apologize to Mr. Chen!"

All the small officials from the Ministry of Punishment who were observing were gritted their teeth in secret. "A human life, the Second Young Master Wen said that the cloud is calm and the wind is light. My dog ​​killed a person, and I don't admit that I let the dog hurt people. I only accept discipline and don't say anything!"

"In that case, Mr. Wen admitted to injuring Chen Qing!"

Wen Chuan nodded, "I admit it, but I don't know what happened after Mr. Chen left Huixianju! Besides, if I want to kill someone, I just leave Chen Qing where he is and ignore it. Isn't it superfluous to tie a stone to the bottom of the well?"

In one sentence, he picked himself up cleanly.The waiter immediately gestured to Lu Qiong with his eyes, and Lu Qiong was just putting down his pen.Submit the dossier to the Master Attendant.Then, there seemed to be a noise coming from outside the lobby.

Cheng Yu followed the voice and saw a fiery red figure approaching majesticly.He whispered to Feng Ningping, "Wen Ming is here!"

Wen Chuan heard the movement, turned around and said happily, "Brother, why are you here?"

Wen Ming nodded to Wen Chuan, and when he was shoulder to shoulder with Wen Chuan, he patted Wen Chuan's shoulder.In the next step, he raised his leg and kicked Wen Chuan.Everyone was terrified by this scene, and the waiter shouted: "Quick! Stop Commander Wen!" Wen Ming kicked Wen Chuan in the hall, and when he was about to kick him a second time, the little boy who immediately reacted The officials stopped.

Chen's father watched with cold eyes Wen Ming, who pretended to struggle a few times and gradually gave up.He sneered and said, "Master Wen, what a majesty! If I had taken care of my younger brother more on weekdays, I wouldn't have come to this court to act pretentious."

Cheng Yu laughed and said, "Ning Ping, do you generals just kick people when they disagree with each other?"

Wen Chuan on the side was kicked by his brother and lay on the ground. Although his expression quickly returned to normal, he never dared to stand up again and knelt obediently.

Wen Ming bowed his hands to the servant, "If this son behaves so perversely again, the lord can investigate and deal with it according to my Daxing law."

Zhang Shizhong ordered the clerk to move a chair for Wen Ming, and at the same time comforted the mighty Wen Ming.

"Your Majesty Wen doesn't need to be like this, I will definitely report to the public to handle it!" Wen Ming stopped the little official who was moving the chair, and said: "I still have official duties in my body. Besides, those who are imprisoned and have relatives should avoid them. My official I'm afraid it's right here!" After speaking, he hurriedly left.

The State Uncle's Mansion made such a righteous statement to kill relatives, which really makes people unable to find the slightest clue.

The hall quickly returned to silence.

The Master Attendant shouted: "I will bring Xianju and others up!" After a while, the little official brought out three people.

One is the boss of Huixianju, and the other is the servant who drove the dung truck that day.And the other is the jade-faced son who is famous in the capital today.

Boss Shang had never seen such a battle before. Seeing Wen Chuan, who usually walks sideways in the capital, kneeling obediently, he was so frightened that he was shaking like chaff.

Zhang Shizhong pointed to Wen Chuan at the bottom of the hall, "Do you recognize this person?"

Boss Shang knelt down on the ground: "I pay my respects to Mr. Qingtian, the villain knows Mr. Wen."

The Master Attendant said: "That day, after Wen Chuan and Chen Qing had a dispute, but you sent Chen Qing back to the Chen Mansion together with the servant who took out the excrement?"

Boss Shang knelt on the ground and replied tremblingly, "Return...to my lord, the villain dare not hide it. Seeing that Mr. Chen was seriously injured, the villain followed the carriage and sent Mr. Chen Qing to the Chen residence."

The waiter has a gentle personality and is not used to being aggressive.Seeing that Boss Shang was sweating profusely from fright, he turned around and asked the servant who was digging out dung.

"Yes...it's true... On that day, the villain and the boss of the Shang personally sent Mr. Chen back to the Chen Mansion. Because they were afraid that something might happen to Mr. Chen on the way, after seeing the people in the Chen Mansion, the villain and the Shang The boss just rushed back to Huixianju."

Lu Qiong quickly took out a copy from the complicated confession and handed it to the Master Sizhong and handed it to the Master Sizhong.The waiter briefly glanced at the file.

"But according to the testimony of the servants of Chen's house, Chen Qing was not seen that day, and no one sent Chen Qing back to Chen's house!"

Boss Shang's face immediately showed panic. The Boss Shang today is very different from what he saw in Huixianju that day.On that day, I saw Boss Shang, a middle-aged man in his 40s. Today, he didn't wear powder, and the age spots on his face stood out.The wrinkles on his face were infinitely magnified by the frightened expression.Lie on the ground trembling.

"No, that day I handed him over to the servants of the Chen family! How could it be..."

"My lord servant..." Father Chen held back the grief in his eyes, "These two are still so stubborn in the courtroom. My lord, please punish me!"

The Ministry of Punishment is not the Secretary of Beizhen Prefecture, and has never engaged in criminal extortion of confessions.But there is nothing wrong with a little punishment.Master Sizhong used to work in the Ministry of Rites, but was transferred to the Ministry of Punishments by the Ministry of Officials.I have tried several cases with Lord Shangshu, and when I meet tough people, I will occasionally use some minor punishments.This is also commonplace in the trial process.The waiter thought for a while, and threw a white token from the bucket.

"Put some boards first!"

Immediately, a small official stepped forward, pushed Boss Shang and the manure digging servant to the ground, and slapped both of them on the buttocks with the width of the board.Cheng Yu looked at the board of the Ministry of Punishment, and compared it to the board he saw when he was in prison.I just feel that ten hits with the board of the Ministry of Punishment may kill a person.But once the board of the imperial prison is down, whether he can live is a problem.

Even so, after a few boards, Boss Shang would have already turned pale.The servant, seeing that Boss Shang couldn't hold on anymore, ordered the little official to stop.

"I advise you to recruit from the truth, and you will not suffer from these flesh and blood!"

Boss Shang lowered his head, and said intermittently: "Small man...Small man, I didn't lie. Although the villain didn't come to Chen's house that day, someone did take over Mr. Chen from the younger ones!"

The waiter quickly grasped one of the blind spots, "You said you didn't come to the Chen residence that day?"

Boss Shang endured the pain, "Villain...don't dare to lie. In Japan, I can let a servant follow behind, just because I'm afraid of accidents. If I didn't meet the people from the Chen family, how could the villain come back with peace of mind! "

The waiter looked at the testimony in his hand and felt more and more heavy.I thought it was just a simple vendetta, but now it seems that some people are involved, and it seems that the water is getting more and more muddy.

"Since you haven't been to Li's residence, how did you confirm that that person is a servant of Li's residence!"

"Little man...Although the villain didn't see that person coming out of the Chen residence, that person was dressed in the clothes of a servant of Li's residence, and came here to pick up Mr. Li. The villain lost all suspicion...and handed Mr. Li to the man !"

Zhang Shizhong and Lu Qiong looked at each other and said, "Do you still remember this person's appearance?"

Boss Shang nodded again and again, "The villain remembers, as long as the villain sees that person again, he will definitely recognize him!"

The confession in Zhang Shizhong's hands is the confession that the Ministry of Criminal Affairs asked the servants of Chen's house, and they all said that no one went out in the mansion that night.But it does not rule out that people may be suspected of covering up.

"Since you recognize it, then pass it on to the servants of the Li family, so you have to take a closer look!"

All the servants in Li's house add up, except for maids and old women.There are only about 20 people who meet the characteristics of Boss Shang's mouth.Soon Boss Shang walked past them one by one, carefully identifying them.As it got closer to the end, Boss Shang's face became paler.He did not see the person who picked up Chen Qing that night from among the servants.

The servant waited impatiently for a long time, and he slapped the gavel: "Is there that person inside?"

Boss Shang's knees softened, and he kept kowtowing: "Go back to Mr. Qingtian, there is no such person inside!" Then he turned his head and kneeled in front of Father Chen. "My... my lord, are there any exposed servants in the mansion..."

Chen's father had long been impatient with Boss Shang, but because he was in court, he reluctantly endured it.

"Boss Shang, do you remember that person's physical characteristics?" The one who spoke was none other than Feng Ningping.

Boss Shang recognized him as the second son of General Zhen Guo's residence, and nodded repeatedly. "Small... the villain remembers. The villain will never forget the people he met once in his life!"

"That's good! I'll ask my brother to draw a portrait of you when I go back."

"This..." Lu Qiong glanced at the servant.But I saw the golden light in the eyes of Master Sizhong, "If Master Feng is willing to help, that would be the best! I just don't know when Master Feng will be free?" Zhang Shizhong used to be in the Ministry of Rites, and he had long admired Feng Ningxiang's Danqing.But Feng Ningxiang's paintings have always been given only to those who are like him.If you can get a pair this time, that would be the best.

Feng Ningping smiled and said, "It's so difficult. All the adults are waiting here to be dismissed. Let me borrow the fast horse from the Ministry of Punishment. In a short while, I will be able to bring my brother, and it will not be too late." It will delay the progress of the adults in handling the case!"

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