Wei Maping of Wanping County led several government officials and, with the cooperation of the soldiers, began to investigate the case.
Although he and his subordinates believed that this case was a waste of time, they still followed the law out of respect for the young prince of Prince Zhao.
Ma Ping obviously misunderstood.
He privately estimated that the tragic death of the woman, especially the two children, made Wanyan Kang extremely angry. Of course, he also wanted to punish the murderer and kill him as a warning to others.
Based on this, he believed that it was not important who the murderer really was. The key was to find such a person as soon as possible to make the young prince feel relieved - so he focused on the number one suspect Hu Si and other rural gangsters.
Of course, this direction of investigation cannot be said to be wrong.
Although he was not in the solemn county government hall, he was surrounded by government officials and soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers. Hu Si almost peeed in fear.
He knelt on the ground and kept wailing: "Master, I didn't kill anyone, I didn't kill anyone..."
"The thief makes sophistry, and the criminal law will take care of him!"
Ma Ping sneered. He glanced at the tattoo on Hu Si's arm and suddenly became angry. He hated such gangsters running rampant in the countryside and waved his hand.
The two yamen servants understood the situation, one stepped forward and kicked Hu Si down, and the other immediately picked up the board.
There is a way to make a plank.
For these government officials who specialize in playing boards, this board is particularly stable and ruthless to anyone who doesn't like it.
Hu Si desperately cried like a ghost and howled like a wolf, and his screams shook the mountains and fields.
But he had seen many village ruffians like him. The more he cried and screamed, the heavier the blow was, until Hu Si was dead and unable to scream.
So Hu Si quickly recruited.
After all, you can still breathe if you die unjustly, but you can't even breathe if you are killed on the spot.
Coincidentally, there was actually a blood groove on Hu Si's back.
Ma Ping naturally didn't believe that he was injured after falling down in the mountains, and he wouldn't let it go.
What's even more terrible is that the old, weak, women and children who claimed to have been in the same mountain col with the three women last night, after a brief cross-examination by the government officials, actually testified against Hu Si in unison.
Yun Zheng, four of Hu's men, sneaked into the mountain col in the middle of the night, first raped the woman, and then tortured and killed her. This is true.
Ma Ping couldn't help but want to laugh. He originally wanted to give some guidance, but it turned out that these people seemed to have colluded and made up their mind to push Hu Si into the pit.
Ma Ping is happy to see the success.
There were a total of 46 people in the group of old, weak, women and children who testified, and they quickly marked the confessions written by the government officials one by one.
With all the witnesses and evidence available, in less than half an hour, Ma Ping turned a brutal murder case into a solid case.
The next step is Ming Zheng Canon punishment.
A quarter past noon.
Ma Ping held the complete confession in his hand, and ordered the yamen to carry the criminals Hu Si and three others who could not get up, and took the 46 key witnesses with him to look for Wan Yan Kang under the soup kitchen tent with a smile.
He felt that this was done beautifully.
As long as Wan Yankang approved, he would immediately pronounce the verdict on behalf of the county magistrate Zhang Shaobo, and display the heads of these three people to the public to deter the victims.
Isn’t this exactly what the young prince wants?!
"Little prince!"
"Captain Ma County."
"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. After investigation, the murderer was indeed Hu Si and three people. This is the confession of Hu Si and three people, the testimonies of 46 witnesses including Zhang Li, and the circumstantial testimonial transcripts of 19 people including Yue Xiao. Please tell me
Your Majesty, please take a look."
Ma Pinggong respectfully submitted various confessions and testimonies.
Coupled with Wu Zuo's autopsy examination and Wu Zuo's identification of the injuries on Hu Si's back, this has actually formed a very complete chain of evidence.
A dignified county captain, if he wants to kill a homeless gangster with no roots, he can easily do it.
Wanyan Kang was silent for a moment, but did not accept the confession or testimony. His deep eyes passed over the bodies of Hu Si and three people who were covered in blood and dying, shook his head and said: "They are not the murderers!"
Ma Ping was stunned: "Young prince, there are all the witnesses and physical evidence. It was these three thieves who sneaked into the mountain col at night and violently killed the woman and her son for no reason. They deserve to be punished for their crimes!"
"The crimes of these three thieves are extremely heinous. They committed the crime last night, and this group of old, weak, women and children saw it with their own eyes. How can it be false if everyone agrees?"
"The young prince is in person, you can come forward to prove it!"
As soon as Ma Ping finished speaking, 46 old, weak, women and children crowded around and knelt on the ground.
Most of them cried silently and said nothing.
Only a few old women with gray hair and several children rushed to the front, crying bitterly. Before Wanyan Kang said anything, they started to accuse Hu Si and three others with blood and tears.
"They are nothing less than beasts!"
"Xiulan Niang and his wife died at the hands of these three beasts! They deserve to die!"
"That day, these beasts raped my wife several times..."
An old woman stood up tremblingly, lowered her head and stamped her feet, crying: "Master, I am Zhang Li, I am sixty-four this year, and I don't have a few more days to live. I am not afraid of being embarrassed, this beast..."
"You won't even let me, a bad old woman, go!"
Wanyan remained silent for a while, stood up and helped the old woman up, sighing softly: "Old man, are you sure it's bad... is the person who hurt you Hu Si?"
The old woman gritted her teeth and pointed a trembling finger at the semi-conscious Hu Si not far away: "That's the beast! He deserves to die!"
Wanyan Kang's mouth twitched.
He suddenly remembered the old lady in Nanjing Railway Station.
He silently took two steps back, waved his hand, and signaled the soldiers to quickly take the old woman and other women and children aside.
Hu Si and others may have done a lot of bad things in the past, otherwise they wouldn't have made public outrage now, and this group of old, weak, women and children would have caught the opportunity and added insult to injury one after another.
As the saying goes, what is false will become true.
But Wanyan Kang ruled out Hu Si's suspicion from the beginning.
He had already checked it out, and the thing in Hu Si's crotch was definitely severely damaged. He almost thought he was a eunuch who had escaped from the palace.
Such a useless trash... has no chance of finding women all over the mountains and plains, even an old lady.
If you don’t have the ability, where does the idea come from?
The old woman did not hesitate to destroy her own reputation and falsely accused Hu Si, which shows her deep hatred for him.
Wanyan Kang almost said just now: "You are really cruel, sir!"
To be honest, Wanyan Kang didn't believe the testimony of these so-called eyewitnesses at all.
At this moment, he has become more and more aware that in this troubled world and natural disasters, the behavior of evil people is of course abominable; but the behavior of so-called good people and weak people may not be just and true.
After the tragic death of the three women, they emerged from all over the mountain col. Now they are publicly correcting the murderer, and they are all filled with righteous indignation.
But where were they when the murderer committed the crime last night?
Have you ever had the slightest intention of rescuing someone? If you can't defeat the murderer, wouldn't you run to the officers and soldiers for help?
If we can't save the woman, how can we not save the two children?
Therefore, it is most likely that they stayed away last night and turned into hidden spectators indifferently. It was dark and dark, and if they could still clearly see the face of the murderer, it would really be called a ghost.