Chapter 56, Preparation
The adults were in a worried mood, and the official authority was revealed. The atmosphere was solemn and dull for a while, and many government officials lowered their heads and broke out in cold sweat.
Zeng Wuzuo hurried forward with a staggering step and cupped his hands, "Sir, it's a villain who failed to teach his apprentice well. It's a good thing that she is willing to use her brain to think of new ways to examine autopsies and solve crimes. It's just that she is still young, lacks experience, and doesn't think well..."
"Zeng Wuzuo, thank you for your hard work." The only official in the county government, how could the county magistrate blame him, a twilight old man?
"I know that you cherish this apprentice. I heard that she is a rare talent. She taught herself some autopsy skills just by reading the autopsy books written by her predecessors. I think she was young and frivolous. She was so ignorant that she just came to Wei County.
The prime minister is beating her for her own good, so I won't argue with a little girl like her."
"Thank you so much, Lord Magistrate Haihan!"
Feeling lucky, Zeng Wuzuo made a deep bow, turned around and pulled Chen Yuan and urged, "Silly boy, come and thank me for your magnanimity!"
These Shangguan talked to themselves and did not even look at what was written on the board held by Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan was grateful to Zeng Wuzuo for interceding for him, but the matter would not have fallen to this level.
Ultimately, it was the inability to speak to defend myself that caused all of this.
Just when Chen Yuan was being pulled to bow by Zeng Wuzuo, Liu Yanchun, who was standing silently behind the crowd, stood up and said, "My lords, senior sister told me before that she can extract fingerprints from the murder weapon."
"What?" This time, the most shocked person was Zeng Wuzuo. Joy crawled onto his weathered folds. He didn't even bother to hold his apprentice to apologize. He looked at her earnestly, "Disciple, you can really
Were the fingerprints extracted from the murder weapon?"
Chen Yuan nodded firmly.
After being a gangster all his life, Zeng Chi also has his own pursuits. If this method is truly implemented, unjust, false and wrongful convictions can be reduced by who knows how much. "My lords, my disciple has read many miscellaneous books and has many strange ideas in his mind.
She is not a big talker. I am willing to vouch for her. Please give her a chance to verify her method of extracting fingerprints. If this method can be confirmed, it will be a great achievement!"
With Zeng Chi as a guarantee, Lieutenant Ge Xian became more confident. Li Fei was his subordinate. It would be beneficial for her to succeed. Even if she failed, the result would not be worse than the current result.
"My lord, the magistrate, anyway, we have to wait for evidence and testimony to be collected before going to court. During this period, it is better to let Li Fei try her method."
Master Xiao also said, "We won't have any losses anyway."
Wei Xian Cheng, who had the most opinions, looked at his colleagues who had placed their hopes on the mute girl as if they were fools.
The magistrate, who originally didn't want to cause trouble, felt as if a thorn had been stabbed in his heart. This Wei county magistrate was too disrespectful to everyone. Did he treat the magistrate as a fool in the past?
Someone set up a ladder, and Guan Zhixian thought about it, but he just followed the ladder. If he could do such a thing, he would be embarrassed by Wei County Cheng, but if he couldn't, there would be people who would stand in front of him.
Thinking of this, County Magistrate Guan said it to the letter, "Since you recommend Li Fei, as the magistrate, I also want to make some efforts for the prison. It will be great if it succeeds, and it will be shameful if it fails. We shouldn't judge success or failure in the first place."
Hero, if Li Fei has this idea, the Yamen should support it."
Everyone bowed their heads and bowed, "Your Excellency is wise!"
Chen Yuan also bowed, thankful that he had figured out how to act according to the regulations in the county government during this period, and now he came up with the method of comparing fingerprints.
If I didn't talk to the adults first, and then went up to the court to talk about this, I'm afraid I would be charged with disturbing the court, and in addition, I would be cursed by the people hearing the case.
No one was more concerned about this matter than Lieutenant Ge Xian, who was in charge of the prison. After getting the approval of the county magistrate, he couldn't wait to ask, "How many days will it take to verify this method?"
Chen Yuan also collected some kelp, magnets and other ores these days, but the extraction tools were relatively primitive, so she didn’t dare to exaggerate. She wrote, “It will take three to five days.”
"What equipment and materials are needed?"
Chen Yuan wrote about several kinds of ores that were difficult to find and pearls that she could not afford now. She also wrote about tools such as a hammer, a stone mill, a donkey, two bottles of liquor, and bamboo.
Not only Lieutenant Ge Xian, everyone looked at it very puzzled, but no one asked why these things were there.
"Okay, the county government can provide you with these things." Although the things you want are strange, fortunately these things are not expensive, and the psychological burden on the county magistrate is even smaller. "But, why do you still have to go to the squad leader?
He has to investigate a case recently, and I'm afraid he won't have time to help you for three to five days."
After thinking about it, Chen Yuan wrote on the paper, "Ban Tou Yu is very strong and can use his skills skillfully."
"That doesn't have to be the squad leader." Zeng Wuzuo faced everyone's confused looks and explained, "Shui Sheng is also very strong."
Zeng Shuisheng, this name appeared in the minds of the four adults, oh, this is the guy who fainted, who became a government servant through the back door because of his relationship with Zeng.
Such a person cannot help when investigating a murder case, so it is better to let him do hard work.
"Then let Shui Sheng help Li Fei."
The matter was thus settled.
Yu Quan did not come to Yizhuang with his yamen servants, but went directly back to the yamen, so Chen Yuan did not see him.
However, Chen Yuan still wrote a letter and entrusted him to take it to Bantou Yu.
The four adults also got on the sedan chair and returned to the county government office.
Chen Yuan had no intention of hiding the method of extracting fingerprints from the beginning. It was not originally invented by her. She really couldn't do it by using it as her own to improve her fame and fortune.
Originally, this method was supposed to be popularized and all the gangsters in Nanli Country could learn it so that they could use this method to solve crimes even when she was not around. This was Chen Yuan's wish.
Therefore, when making magnetic powder and extracting iodine from kelp, we did not avoid the yamen sent by the magistrate. We also asked everyone to help. Everyone gathered firewood and made the thing in just two days.
After knowing that she had made everything, the four adults rode to Yizhuang overnight.
The entire Yizhuang was guarded like an iron barrel by the government officials. They were more nervous than Chen Yuan and valued this verification.
Chen Yuan did not reveal their thoughts. If this method is completed and dedicated to the emperor, all participants will be able to leave their names in history, which will be helpful to their future.
At this moment, whether Wang Qi or not Wang Qi is not important at all in their eyes.
Chen Yuan did not first experiment with the murder weapon in Wang Qi's case. Instead, he took more than ten kinds of large and small utensils of different materials and placed them on the table.
There are daggers, jade pendants, inkstones, guqin, bluestone slabs, wooden sticks, white porcelain tea cups, glass cups, big stones on the roadside, rice paper, leather waistbands...
Then they wiped them clean one by one in front of everyone.
A few more people were called, and they went up one by one to pick up the utensils with their bare hands, and then put them down.
Chapter completed!