The next day, Cui Jianfeng and two of his men secretly paid a secret visit to the county magistrate to interrogate the criminal.

By interrogating Lu Dazhu and Wei Kangshun, Cui Jianfeng generally understood the origin and process of the case, and understood that it was a simple rape and murder case.

Based on the confessions of Wei Kangshun and Lu Dazhu and the order before and after the case was sorted out, Cui Jianfeng dictated and asked the county government to record the court affairs, compiled it into a complete closing statement, and restored the entire process of the case:

It was one afternoon in early August. After a break, Wei Kangshun was ready to go to the fields again and finish hoeing the last corn field. Wucheng is located in the south of the Yangtze River and mainly grows rice. However, Huainan Township is a mountainous area and lacks water, so it is not suitable for growing rice.

Mainly growing corn.

"Auntie, it's so hot today. Bring me my straw hat, and I'll go to the fields to weed some crops later." Wei Kangshun said, looking at the setting sun. After he came back from the fields at noon, he finished his meal and slept for a while.

Now he got up and walked out of his simple house made of thin wicker sticks. He sat on a stone in front of the house, found a dead branch and scraped the soil off the hoe, drank a few sips of cold water and said.

"Wait a minute, let me help you hoe for a long time. Anyway, there is nothing to do at home in the afternoon, so why not go to the fields together." Wei Kangshun's wife is named Han Fengying. He is holding her husband's straw hat in one hand and a ceramic kettle in the other. Tang

In that era, most people did not have the habit of drinking boiled water, and metal utensils were not very common at that time. When farmers went to the fields, they usually used ceramic pots to carry water when they were thirsty.

"No need, there are only a few ridges left. I'll finish it in half a day. Where did the child go? Go and see grandma's house. If he is at grandma's house, bring him here to avoid causing trouble to the old man."

"He may have gone to play with his children." Han Fengying said as she handed the ceramic kettle to Wei Kangshun: "Then let me wash your clothes. It's been hot these days and both of your clothes are stained by sweat.

It has become sour and smells bad."

"Okay," Wei Kangshun smiled. He took the kettle from his wife and said, "Wash both of our beddings. They also smell bad. Wash them well so they can be used at night."

"Fuck you!" Han Fengying blushed and stabbed Wei Kangshun hard with the pestle she picked up when going to the river to do laundry.

"Don't forget to call your son back, so that he doesn't go to grandma's house to cause trouble again." Wei Kangshun shouted loudly as he looked at the figure who put the clothes into the basket and walked towards the river with the clothes pestle.

"I know," his wife turned around and responded with a smile. Her white teeth and beautiful appearance made Wei Kangshun a little fascinated. He really wanted to run over and take his wife back to sleep for a while, instead of going to the fields to sweat and suffer.

"Alas," Wei Kangshun suppressed his emotions, turned back every two steps, turned around every three steps, and reluctantly went up the mountain.

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"Sister-in-law," Han Fengying, who was sitting by the river washing clothes, suddenly heard someone calling her softly from behind. She turned around and looked, but saw no one. She thought she heard wrong, so she turned back and continued washing her clothes.

"Plop!" A small stone was thrown to Han Fengying from behind, splashing water on her face.

"Who?" She was annoyed, stood up, opened her almond-shaped eyes, and glared behind her.

"Hee hee," a young man with a handsome face stood up from a wicker bush and walked to Han Fengying's side with a smile: "Sister-in-law, has the eldest brother gone up the mountain?"

"Go, go, go," Han Fengying wiped the water from her face. Seeing that it was Lu Dazhu, the second son of the Lu Qingchuan family in the east of the village, she waved her hands angrily, sat down again, and started beating with the pestle again.

Put on the clothes.

"Sister-in-law," Lu Dazhu walked up to Fan Fengying with a playful smile and looked at the beautiful young woman in front of him with tears in his eyes: "Brother Wei has gone up the mountain, who are you waiting for here alone?"

"Get out!" Han Fengying glared at him and continued to hammer her clothes with the pestle, ignoring him.

"Hey, sister-in-law," Lu Dazhu moved forward provocatively and approached Han Fengying again, the halas flowing from his mouth even longer: "Please, while eldest brother is away, let's go to your house and play quietly for a while, okay?

No?"

"You, you," Han Fengying was trembling with anger: "If you continue to pester me, I will ask my man to take you to the government and make you suffer the punishment of flesh and blood."

"Don't be afraid, I can't hold it in any longer. Whatever the case." Lu Dazhu suddenly moved forward and hugged Lu Chunhua, kissing and biting her face with a mouth full of Haras.

"Scoundrel thief!" Han Fengying was so angry that she swung the pestle in her hand and hit Lu Dazhu's head hard, and pushed him away with all her strength.

"Ouch," Lu Dazhu screamed in pain and was stunned. However, he still looked at the angry young woman in front of him with fascination. Finally, he hugged his head and left in embarrassment.

"You deserve it!" Han Fengying spat at Lu Dazhu's back: "You want to trick me? That's a good idea."

Seeing that Lu Dazhu had gone away, she started beating her clothes again with the pestle.

She had no idea that death was approaching her. It turned out that she had hit Lu Dazhu so hard that a bulge appeared on his forehead. He rubbed the bulge, feeling hurt and angry, and finally lost his mind and picked up a wooden stick from home.

Rushing back. Then he quietly slipped into the wicker bush. When Han Fengying wasn't paying attention, he quietly approached and hit Han Fengying on the back of the head with a stick. Han Fengying fell to the ground. He dragged her into the wicker bush and frantically kept her in the wicker bush.

She had already passed out and was kissed and bitten on the face. Gradually her bestiality emerged and she lifted up her round-neck robe (women in ancient China usually wore wide-sleeved shirts and skirts, but women in the Tang Dynasty were very open-minded, and most of them

She loves to appear in men's clothing. In those days, it was more common for women to wear round-neck robes and Persian trousers. Farm girls often worked in the fields, so they naturally preferred this kind of attire from the Western Regions) and pulled down their trousers...

...

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"This case, judging from the explanations between the criminal and the victim, has formed a complete chain of evidence. There are no doubts and the case can be closed."

"Then what should we do with this Lu Dazhu?" Magistrate Zheng asked Cui Jianfeng.

"Do you still need to ask me?" Tang Jianfeng asked back.

"It's not autumn yet, so it's not appropriate to execute him immediately. We can only transfer him to Luoyang Prison, put him on death row, and wait until autumn to kill him with a cane." Magistrate Zheng said.

During the execution of prisoners in the Tang Dynasty, they generally used hanging and beheading as the main methods, supplemented by stick killing. However, there have always been objections and advocated the use of stick killing instead. Hanging was abolished only during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (this story took place more than ten years ago).

, the punishment of two beheadings was replaced by killing with a stick, which was used until the fall of the Tang Dynasty.

"It can only be this way."

"What about Wei Kangshun? What's the deal?"

"His case is a bit difficult to handle." Cui Jianfeng said thoughtfully: "I can't even think of any conviction. It's unprecedented."

"What should we do?"

"I don't know either. Anyway, Judge Dee sent me to handle this case. I have to find a way to deal with it, right?"

"At the time, I thought Lu Dazhu was making it up in order to survive. Unexpectedly, when Wei Kangshun was called to testify, he immediately admitted it. Wasn't he seeking death by doing this?"

"Why do you think this case will lead to his death?" Cui Jianfeng asked puzzledly.

"What do you mean? What kind of case is he calling?" County Magistrate Zheng glanced at Cui Jianfeng, narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, thought for a while, and said: "It means that the gods who were caught by the gods and demoted to earth wanted to rebel with him.

?”

"According to your opinion, this case should be classified as conspiracy, one of the ten evils, and punishable by death, right?"

"Yes."

"The question is, can chaos be convicted of rebellion based solely on the criminal's confession?"

"Of course not, you have to find the gods to prove it."

"God? Go there to find the God. I've never even seen the saucer-shaped flying house they talked about."

"Is it possible that the gods have descended to earth?"

"Go down to earth? What does it mean to go down to earth?" Cui Jianfeng asked knowingly.

"Fall into the mortal world and mix with the people."

"Really? Then where do they come from and what do they do?"

"Didn't I already tell you? You want to rebel."

"What you said makes sense. Emperor Wu will not tolerate this in the world."

"Then where do you find these gods who descended to earth?"

"How do I know this? I can only make secret visits to civilians and find out through them."

"Oh, I forgot. When I arrived yesterday, I encountered a strange thing."

"What's up?"

"In the hotel across from your Yamen, I met three mutes. They were scurrying back and forth, not knowing what they were talking about."

"Ah, is this really happening?"

"real."

"That's terrible."

"What's so scary?"

"Isn't it terrible that gods descended to earth and came to our county government?"

"Then what do you think about this?"

"Catch them first?"

"No, I want Wei Kangshun to meet the three mutes first to see if the people he met after he was taken into the dish-shaped house were the three mutes."

"It makes some sense."

"If not, leave them alone. If so, arrest them and put them on trial."

"Didn't you say that they only know how to make gestures and don't know what they are talking about? What should I do if I can't find out anything after being captured?"

"No matter what, as long as Wei Kangshun recognizes them, we will punish them with conspiracy to prevent future troubles."
Chapter completed!