Chapter 349 Reversal of the Case (2)
Hua Hu said blankly: "When you say lord, I heard that there is a snake on the ground, and there is a water and fire stick in my hand, so I went to hit someone directly. But is this related to Cheng Xiaosan's killing?"
"Mr. Hua County, you really disappointed me." Looking at the subordinate who was still confused at the moment, Han Zhan was quite disappointed. He turned his head to look at Guo Jia who was watching the fun, "Fengxiao, please explain to Magistrate Hua."
Guo Jia initially didn't understand why Han Zhan asked the snake again and again. When he saw Han Zhan handing the water and fire stick to Hua Hu and scaring the other party to have a snake at his feet, his question was solved immediately. When he heard Han Zhan ask him to explain to Hua Hu, he took a step forward and said to Hua Hu with a smile: "Mr. Hua County Magistrate, when you heard that there was a snake at your feet, you instinctively used the water and fire stick in your hand to beat the snake, right?"
"That's right." Hua Hu nodded in response to Guo Jia's statement and gave a positive answer: "Not only Hua, I'm afraid that everyone will use the things in their hands to hit the snake when they hear that there is a snake under their feet."
"Mr. Hua County, I wonder if you have ever thought about it." Guo Jia continued: "If you were not holding a water and fire stick in your hand, but a long-handled sickle, what would happen?"
"Long-handled sickle?" When Guo Jia mentioned the weapon to kill Wang Xiaoqi, Hua Hu was stunned at first, and then showed an incredible expression on his face: "Mr. Guo, do you mean that when Wang Xiaoqi saw a snake on the ground, he instinctively used the sickle in his hand to hit the snake, and accidentally chopped off his head?"
Seeing that Hua Hu finally guessed what he wanted to express, Han Zhan smiled and nodded, and said jokingly: "The son is a teaching. It seems that Cheng Xiaosan is the murderer in this case. After carefully observing the scene, this marquis found that Wang Xiaoqi killed him. Come and see."
Han Zhan pointed to the bloodstain and said to Hua Hu: "Mr. Hua, take a closer look. Are the round dents on the soil formed when the sickle chopped the ground?"
Hua Hu learned to be smart this time and did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he shouted at the yamen runner next to him: "Come on, take the sickle that killed Wang Xiaoqi."
With the shouting, the yamen runner standing beside him quickly handed over the bloody sickle. Hua Hu carefully compared the sickle handle with the dent on the ground, and then carefully checked the distance between the sickle blade and the neck, and found that everything was exactly consistent with what Han Sui said.
After he handed the sickle back to the yamen runner, he bowed deeply to Han Zhan and said convincedly: "The lord is really aware of it. If it weren't for the lord's personal trial, his subordinates would have almost killed a good person by chance."
"Mr. Hua County Magistrate, since you know that Cheng Xiaosan was wronged, what should you do next? I don't need to teach you this marquis?"
"I understand!" After Hua Hu said that, he turned around and walked to the onlookers and said loudly to them: "All villagers, after investigation by my lord, they found that Wang Xiaoqi was not killed by Cheng Xiaosan, but when he found a snake on the ground, he used a long-handled sickle to stomp the snake, and was accidentally injured by his own sickle. Wang Xiaoqi's death has nothing to do with Cheng Xiaosan. This official announced that Cheng Xiaosan was not acquitted."
When Cheng Xiaosan was escorted to the scene, he thought it was just a formality. He stood beside Wang Xiaoqi, and he didn't know how Wang Xiaoqi died. How could a noble man judge determine the cause of Wang Xiaoqi's death based on some clues at the scene?
Unexpectedly, the development of the matter was far beyond his expectations. The Fujun, who thought it was impossible to solve the case, noticed the problem in a moment and solved the mystery of Wang Xiaoqi's death. When he heard Hua Hu announce in public and release him for no reason, he thought he was dreaming.
Until the yamen runner came over and opened his shackles and said to him: "Cheng Xiaosan, you are so lucky. The Duke personally helped you clear your grievances. Now it's okay, you go home early."
When Cheng Buer heard that his brother had been released from guilt, he was stunned at first, and then burst into tears. He pulled Cheng Xiaosan to Han Zhan and knelt down, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, the great kindness of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the Lord of the
"Cheng Buer, you have deep brotherly love. This marquis is just a slaughter." Han Zhan leaned over and helped Cheng Buer up, and said to him: "No need to be so polite, get up quickly!"
Then, Han Zhan reached out to help Cheng Xiaosan and said to him: "Cheng Xiaosan, you are wronged. The truth of this case is revealed now. You should go home with your brother quickly."
Han Zhan thought that after he said this, the Cheng brothers would be grateful to him and leave. Unexpectedly, Cheng Xiaosan had just stood up and knelt down again: "The great kindness of the Lord of the Fu, Cheng Xiaosan has no choice but to follow the Lord of the Fu, and he is willing to follow the Lord of the Fu for the rest of his life. Please let the Lord of the Fu." After that, he lay on the ground motionless.
Han Zhan didn't care about Cheng Xiaosan's request at all. No matter what, he is now the Sili Captain and the Governor of Jizhou. There are countless people who want to follow him. A small citizen could not arouse Han Zhan's interest at all. Therefore, he said politely: "Cheng Xiaosan, I have appreciated your feelings. You should go home with your brother."
After Han Zhan finished speaking, not only Cheng Xiaosan did not get up, but Cheng Buer also knelt down: "Mr. Fu, please take my brothers in there. My brothers have no other skills, but they have some brute force. If the Master Fu has any orders, even if he goes to the sword mountain and goes to the sea of fire, my brothers will not frown."
Seeing that the two of them were so determined, Han Zhan had indeed lacked people around him recently, so he nodded: "Okay, if I refuse again, it will be awesome to your brothers. Rob," he turned his head to Rob standing behind him and said, "From today on, the Cheng brothers will be under your command."
When Rob heard Han Zhan’s arrangement, he did not dare to go against his wishes, and hurriedly replied: “Subordinate to obey the order!”
After seeing Cheng Xiaosan being released from acquittal, the onlookers fled to Han Zhan with his second brother, and his face showed an envious expression. Han Zhan had just walked a few steps and accidentally saw the expressions of the villagers around him, he stopped and said to the Cheng brothers: "I will give you a day to go home and clean up, and then go to the county government to find me." The Cheng brothers who followed Han Zhan, who heard Han Zhan say this, did not dare to disobey his orders, stopped quickly and agreed at the same time.
Because Han Zhan successfully rehabilitated Cheng Xiaosan, his interest in judging the case increased greatly. On the way back to the county government, he asked Hua Hu proudly: "If you don't know, there are any serious cases in the county, you can hand them over to this marquis to deal with them?"
When Hua Hu heard Han Zhan say this, he thought for a moment, then said, "When you say lord, your subordinates took on a case of killing your husband a few days ago, and it has not been time to be tried. If your lord is interested, your subordinates are willing to jury."
"Men murder case?" After hearing Hua Hu say this, a scene immediately emerged in Han Zhan's mind: a beautiful young woman lifted an ugly and short man from the hospital bed, and at the same time handed the medicine bowl held by the other hand to him, and said affectionately: "Darang, it's time to take medicine."
When Han Zhan thought of the female criminal who killed her husband, a woman as beautiful as Pan Jinlian, he couldn't help but be moved. He hurriedly said, "This case is good, so I'll choose this case."
Following Guo Jia, seeing Han Zhan so eager to try the case, he couldn't help but look surprised. However, in order not to suppress Han Zhan's enthusiasm, he wisely chose to remain silent. He thought to himself: If there is a big case in the country and counties, it might as well let the lord go there to enjoy it. If he can't handle it, it's not too late to help him rescue the situation.
After returning to the county government office, Han Zhan sat down in the middle of the lobby and hurriedly ordered Hua Hu: "Mr. Hua is still standing there and doing something, why don't you bring the criminals up quickly."
The yamen runners standing in the hall were originally Han Zhan’s old subordinates. They saw that Han Zhan had just taken a moment to overturn the case for an unjust case, and were impressed by the premiere. Therefore, when Han Zhan asked the prisoner to lead the prison, two yamen runners left the lobby and went to the prison to pick up the prison...
After a stick of incense, the criminals in the murder case were brought to him. In addition to two criminals, one man and one woman, there was also a middle-aged man who looked like he was from the plaintiff.
Seeing a man with a haggard look, Han Zhan couldn't help but turn his head and ask Hua Hu curiously: "Mr. Hua, is the people from the plaintiff also locked up in prison?"
"Reply to the lord," Hua Hu quickly replied respectfully: "Plaintiff, defendant, the witness is imprisoned in prison, not only today, but it is always a practice."
Hearing Hua Hu's explanation, Han Zhan frowned slightly, and then said to Hua Hu: "Mr. Hua County Magistrate, starting today, the plaintiff and the witnesses will no longer be imprisoned in prison, and it will not be too late to summon them when the case is under trial."
"Lord," Hua Hu said with some embarrassment at Han Zhan's instructions: "It is reasonable to say that the plaintiff will not be imprisoned in the prison. But if the witness is not imprisoned in the prison, once they escape, the case will not be tried."
"This matter will be discussed later, and the case will be tried first!" Han Zhan asked to the people kneeling in the hall, "Who is the plaintiff and who is the defendant?"
The middle-aged man quickly walked forward a few steps and said, "If you go back to the house, the smallest is the plaintiff, and the smallest is the plaintiff."
After Han Zhan and the other party finished speaking, they asked in an official voice: "What are you telling me?"
The middle-aged man pointed his hand at the young woman kneeling beside him and said viciously: "The youngest is Li Zhengshida from Chengnan Village. He sued his sister-in-law Shi Huang, who was not aware of his wife, hooked up with outsiders, and killed his younger brother Shi Tou. Please be careful and avenge the villain's brother."
Han Zhan carefully looked at the young woman kneeling in the hall. Although she was dressed simply, she looked particularly haggard because she had been in prison for several days, but she still couldn't hide her beauty. "It's true that she is a fairy who harms the country and the people." Han Zhan sighed a few times in his heart and continued to ask: "Shi Da, do you say that Shi Huang's seduces an outsider and kills your brother, but is there any real evidence?"
Shi Da pointed at the man and said, "This man is Bai Cheng. He had sex with Shi Huang before he married into my family. The two often had private meetings outside the village, and everyone in the village knew about this. Recently, they became more and more serious. They were doing things in my brother's house. After my brother discovered him, they beat him to death. Please make the decision of the villain and avenge my brother!" After that, he actually burst into tears.
Han Zhan stared at the man named Bai Cheng and asked, "Bai Cheng, is Shi Da's words true?" After asking this, Han Zhan couldn't help but complain in his heart, what names have been given in this era, and formal names sound like nicknames.
Bai Cheng turned his head and looked at Shi Huang, who was kneeling beside him, and resolutely said, "Mr. Fujun, it is all the villain's fault. If you want to kill and cut it, you will be the one who wants to kill and cut it. Please give up your hand and let go of Doudou. She is also a miserable person."
Han Zhan stared at the man named Bai Cheng in a daze, thinking to himself: This man looks quite honest, how could he murder someone else's husband for a woman? But then he thought, for such a young and beautiful woman, I might not refuse.
Guo Jia, who was sitting aside, looked at Han Zhan sitting in the middle, stared at the three people kneeling in the hall and remained silent, but had a strange smile on his face. Just when he was about to remind the other party not to lose his composure, he heard Han Zhan asking the woman: "Shi Huang, your uncle sued you for collusion with Bai Cheng and murdering your husband, is it a fact?"
"Mr. Fujun, the little girl is wronged." Shi Huang looked up at Han Zhan and said, "The little girl grew up with Brother Bai Cheng since she was young and was like brothers and sisters. Although she married in Chengnan Village, Brother Bai Cheng still often came to see me. We just talked outside the village, so what's wrong with me?
Besides, my husband has been weak and sick since he was a child and has been bedridden. Last year, Shida married me to cheer for his brothers. After the young woman entered the house, she always adhered to her wife's manners and served her husband with all her heart. She thought she had nothing wrong with doing."
After hearing Shi Huang's self-dispute, Han Zhan thought to himself: Maybe this is another unjust case. Thinking of this, he continued to ask: "But your uncle just said that when you and Bai Cheng were doing a miserable life at home, your husband was discovered by your husband, and then Bai Cheng jumped over the wall and beat your husband to death. What's going on?"
"Unforgive, unforgive!" As soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, Shi Huang began to shout for injustice again: "That day my father was seriously ill, so he asked Brother Bai Cheng to come and notify me. Brother Bai Cheng didn't see me outside the village, so he went straight to the house to look for me. When we were talking in the main hall, the husband lying on the bed inside heard us talking, maybe to check something, and accidentally fell off the couch. When the little woman heard the movement, when she went in to check, she found that the husband had died. But at this time, the uncle came to visit her and saw that the husband died, so she insisted that the little woman and Brother Bai Cheng killed the husband and sent us to see the official."
"You're talking nonsense." Shi Da interrupted and shouted when he heard this: "Master Fujun, when the young man went in, she was not dressed in a mess. It seemed that she had just done something miserable. Don't be deceived by her."
Chapter completed!