Wu Ruijiang, who was full of justice, stood in the hall and was stubborn and unwilling to kneel down.

Especially when I saw Wang Qi sitting on the side of the hall, lazily supporting his elbow on the chair handle, and his fingers supported his chin with a provocative sneer, looking at him with a sneer, as if mocking him for being overestimated.

Wu Ruijiang had always had cracks on Zhou Zhengwei's face, and he snorted coldly, "I, Wu Ruijiang, sat upright and did not kill Ren Xiuxiu. I was dissatisfied. The weapon was obviously found in Wang Qi's house, so why did I arrest me?"

"He." Something no one dared to mention. Wu Ruijiang didn't know whether it was a broken can or too indignant, so he pointed at Wang Qi's nose and his face gradually became ferocious. "The weapon was discovered in Wang Qi's room. He was demoted to a commoner. Why didn't he kneel in the hall?"

"Because Wang Qi sued you for killing Ren Xiuxiu and framed him, so Wang Qi's identity in the hall was the victim rather than the suspect." Guan Magistrate didn't care about explaining it again, "In addition, he provided many useful clues for this case. He was a meritorious person. The court has always commended the people who have made meritorious achievements. Wang Qi was unwell and coughed up blood, so the county allowed him to sit and reply."

If there is a cause and effect, then there is no mistake to be found.

But Wu Ruijiang was unwilling to kneel down, "I'm not guilty."

The behavior of not kneeling down is to say that it challenges the authority of the magistrate, and to say that it is to challenge the law of the Nanli State.

In the court, there are also people who are unwilling to kneel down. If you don’t have to worry about the magistrate’s orders, two yamen runners have already stepped forward with sticks, one left and one right at the iron-bone’s back knee, one stick left and one stick right at the left and one stick left and one stick right.

Even though Wu Ruijiang was once an imperial guard, he did not kneel down immediately under the blow of a stick, but was beaten to shake forward.

After more than ten sticks, blood was also found in the back of the knee. Even though it was a iron man, he finally knelt on the ground with a thud.

Chen Yuan bit her lip tightly. As expected, she was still not used to the trial methods of being punished in ancient times.

Wang Qi turned his head and saw her bite white lower lip, a cold light slid across her sinister black eyes.

Even though he knelt on the ground, Wu Ruijiang's back was unwilling to surrender, "I don't accept it, I'm not guilty."

There are few murderers Guan Magistrate Guan who are willing to confess their guilt, so it is not surprising that Wu Ruijiang refuses to admit his death.

If it weren't for the method of extracting fingerprints provided by Chen Yuan to give Guan a confidence, he might have doubted whether he had caught the wrong person because of Wang Qi's rumors and Wu Rui and Jiangning's image of being unyielding.

No, he would never have thought that this case would involve Wu Ruijiang.

That's why Wu Ruijiang dared to be so confident and acted in the hall for everyone to see. It's really... I don't know how to live or die.

"Whoever is guilty, who is innocent, you will know after seeing the evidence." No one wants to be fooled, especially the county magistrate Guan doesn't like being deceived as a fool. "After Ren Xiuxiu's death, it was Zeng Jun's coroner and Ge County Magistrate examined the autopsy."

County Magistrate Ge was originally an audience member, sitting on the side of the court, being pronounced with his name and walking to the center of the court.

Zeng Junzhu also walked from behind the yamen runners to the middle of the court.

County Magistrate Ge has an official role and the coroner is a public official, so he doesn't have to kneel down and reply. The two of them bow together, "Mr. Magistrate!"

"Tell me about the autopsy."

"yes!"

"The female corpse was found on the night of June 1st. She was lying on her back on the only path into the village in the back mountain of Dumin Village. She was dressed in disheveled and was fatally injured by a knife wound in the heart...." County Magistrate Ge said carefully the autopsy.

With the reply from Ge County Magistrate, the people outside the hall also listened very carefully.

"Since the weapon that killed Ren Xiuxiu was found on the beam of Wang Qi's toilet, he is the most suspicious."

"You can't say that, what if the murderer kills someone and hides the weapon in your yard?"

"Yes, what should I do?"

"According to my previous experience in visiting the county government to see the case trial, we can determine the origin of the murder weapon, see where the weapon was bought and who bought it, and basically we can determine the identity of the murderer."

At this point, I happened to hear Yu Quan's report from the investigation in Dumin Village, "The single-edged short knife in this case belongs to Wang Qi."

Some people said in surprise, "Oh, the short sword belongs to Wang Qi, how did he prove that he is innocent?"

As if he was encouraged, the villagers of Dumin Village said angrily, "It's like this, can Wang Qi be innocent? His knife killed Ren Xiuxiu, but he died in such a humiliating way of death. If it weren't for Wang Qi, who could have killed him!"

People from other villages do not know the legend of Wang Qi, so they cannot empathize with the feelings of the people in Dumin Village. Their evaluation is still neutral. "If someone comes to your house to steal a knife, go out to kill someone, and then secretly return the knife, there will be such a situation."

"This situation is true, but how do you prove it? Unless someone sees it with his own eyes."

"Who saw Wu Ruijiang stealing a knife at Wang Qi's house?"

"Can the knife still speak to wash away the grievances of his master?"

"Silent!" Guan Magistrate patted the gavel, "The investigation results are all these, and the weapons are here. Chen Ren Tao, when was the last time you saw Ren Xiuxiu?"

Chen, "At the hour of You, after dinner, I packed up the dishes. She said she would go back to the house to embroider the handkerchief before it was dark. Later, I saw that the lights in her house were off and thought she had fallen asleep as usual, so she didn't call her."

Ren Tao, "I saw that she was at the hour of You. After dinner, my wife cleaned up the dishes and I went to play chess with Lao Li as usual. At the hour of Xu, I went home, washed my feet and fell asleep."

"Wang Qi, when was the last time you saw Ren Xiuxiu?"

"Oh hour on May 30, I happened to have dinner and go out for a walk. Ren Xiuxiu was wandering outside my house and hit me. I helped her up and let go." Wang Qi sat steadily on the chair, and his arrogant expression reminded Chen Yuan of the ninth-rank sesame official Chang Wei's grandfather.

Even with the fingerprint, the evidence of decisive victory, Guan Magistrate asked one by one according to the procedure, "Wu Ruijiang, when was the last time you saw Ren Xiuxiu?"

Wu Ruijiang still looked like he was not afraid of knocking on the door without doing anything wrong, and he answered with confidence, "On May 28th, Chen brought Ren Xiuxiu to my house to ask my wife about embroidery patterns. Usually they came when I was working in the field. That day, I happened to feel uncomfortable, so I got home early and ran into it. We didn't say anything, and Chen and my wife could both testify."

"On June 1st, after the Xu hour, can someone prove where you two are?"

Wang Qi's answer was straightforward and not slow at all, "No."

From outsiders' perspective, he just has the confidence to have a backer.

It is so arrogant that it makes people itchy.

Wu Ruijiang's answer was more detailed, and the answer was as if he had already said it in his heart for hundreds of times. "At the time of You, my wife and I strolled in the village for a while. Many villagers have seen us and can testify for me. At the moment of Xu, my wife and I returned home, washed up and went to bed together. Until I was woken up by Li Fei and Liu Yanchun, I was with my wife all the time."
Chapter completed!