He confessed to the crime, saying that his wife was a thief who was killed by him. After killing his wife, he fled to the capital and worked as a cook in a restaurant incognito. He rented a house next door to the butcher.
Knowing that the butcher's wife was having an affair with the widower, he remembered his wife's betrayal of him. In a moment of rage, he killed the two of them. After the killing, he was so frightened that he threw the blood-stained murder weapon, blood-stained weapons, and blood-clothes at the butcher's house.
The butcher pretended to have killed his wife and ran away to hide.
But after he went out, he remembered that he had received kindness from the butcher, and felt guilty, so he hurried back to Beijing and thought of surrendering, but it was already too late. The butcher had already been sentenced to beheading by Jingzhao Mansion.
He could tell the facts and details of the murder clearly and clearly, and it was clear that he was the murderer.
After the interrogation, Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment asked someone to take the murderer away, and then bowed to Chu Shoufu, "Shoufu, I personally participated in the interrogation of this case. In your opinion, has the prince made a wrong verdict?"
Sun Shangshu was new to the post for two months. He was originally the deputy envoy of salt and iron. Later, he was recommended to head the Ministry of Punishments and served as Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments. He was promoted.
He was a very vigorous and resolute person. Ever since there were several murder cases in Beijing, he had made great efforts to urge the Jingzhao Mansion to solve the case. It was also his order to give the Jingzhao Mansion to solve the case within a time limit.
Chu Shoufu read through the case files several times and said in a deep voice: "This person's confession matches the facts of the murder, and the details of the murder are almost the same as what was found in the investigation. It seems that he is really the murderer."
Sun Shangshu said: "In this case, Xiaguan will start the performance in the palace tomorrow. In addition to reporting the case, he must also participate in the prince's book. Should the chief assistant and Xiaguan jointly participate in the performance?"
Chu Shoufu looked at Sun Shangshu's face eager for quick success and said: "Master Sun, just report the case. After reporting the case, it doesn't matter whether you participate or not. The emperor will make his own decision."
Sun Shangshu said righteously and solemnly: "I thought that the case was settled and the murderer was brought to justice after the investigation. However, His Highness the Crown Prince misjudged the case and killed innocent people. As the governor of Jingzhao and the father-in-law of the people, the prince is like this."
The chief minister should not just sit idly by and ignore human life."
Chu Shoufu said: "If you want to submit a statement, you don't have to go to court tomorrow morning. You can go to the cabinet first and let me review it before submitting it to the emperor. In this way, you can also take care of the prince's face."
Sun Shangshu said: "I think there is no need to bother with this. Since I have to report the case tomorrow, why not just take part in it? And I think that the prince's face is important, but it is more important than losing his life."
The first assistant said calmly: "Then you go ahead and report it. I was ordered to investigate the case. I will only tell the emperor the truth. As for whether to participate or not, Master Sun will decide."
After saying that, he asked someone to make a copy of the case file and left.
He did not go to the palace to report, but went directly to Jingzhao Mansion to find Yu Wenhao.
Yu Wenhao didn't know that the storm was coming, so he still worked overtime in Jingzhao Mansion to investigate the remaining cases. When he saw the chief assistant arriving, he welcomed him in and served him tea and soup.
The chief assistant threw him the case copied from the Ministry of Justice and said, "Prince, let's take a look. The murderer confessed."
Yu Wenhao invited Fu Cheng in and looked at the case files together.
The first assistant gently knocked on the table with the back of his hand and said: "The prince must be mentally prepared for the morning meeting tomorrow. Sun Shangshu is looking for someone to join you."
Yu Wenhao blinked and said, "What can I do? If you are cute, you will always be remembered by many people."