Denwen found that the big drum was hanging outside the door. It had not been used for a long time and had accumulated a layer of dust.
Hearing that the trial was being held and there was a lot of excitement to be seen, the people of Fei County overcame their fear of the government and came to join in the excitement. They swarmed up and squeezed to the gate of the county government office, creating a commotion
In front of the hall, there is a pair of wooden couplets embedded in two red lacquer pillars. Under the scorching afternoon sun, four simple characters hanging high in the mirror are vividly displayed.
In the back office, the police chief glanced at the lobby and saw that there was a crowd of people outside the county office. At a rough glance, there were hundreds of people, and there were quite a few who were crowding outside the gate to hear the sound.
Oshi trotted back to the seat in the back hall and said respectfully to Mu Su, "Master Mu, the people have arrived."
Mu Su took the tea from the servant, gargled it in his mouth, spit it to the side and wiped the water stains from the corner of his mouth and said, "I know."
A servant carrying a pen, ink, paper and inkstone passed by, but Mu Su called him to stop. He picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and rubbed a small crescent moon on his forehead.
Snap——
The brush was thrown back into the tray, and Mu Su waved him away.
"Sir, this is..." Oshi stared at Mu Su's eyebrows and hesitated.
Mu Su didn't answer, lifted his official robe and walked into the lobby.
As Mu Su appeared, there was a lot of whispering outside the hall.
The supervisor followed behind Mu Su and sat down at a small table in the corner. The clerk had resigned early and returned home to escape from the land of trouble. Now, the duty of recording the case can only be done by the supervisor.
"Master Wu——"
Mu Su sat down and looked at Wu Yasi.
The superintendent understood and stood up to briefly describe the case.
He didn't understand the purpose of Mu Su's trial. The purpose of the trial was to interrogate and sentence the murderer after the murderer was caught, and to show it to the people. Now that the murderer has no clue, how can the case be tried?
But since Magistrate Magistrate did this, he must have a reason.
Soon, the first witness was announced to the hall: watchman Wang Wu.
Mu Su knocked on the wooden door and said in a cold voice: "Tell me what you heard, saw, and did that night."
The crisp sound of the gavel made Wang Wu, who was kneeling on the ground, tremble, and he hurriedly repeated what he had said before.
"You didn't hear any screams or see any suspicious figures when you passed by the Sun Mansion, right?"
"Yes, my lord."
Mu Su nodded: "Pass the work to the hall!"
Not long after, a middle-aged man in a gray robe with an expressionless face came to the lobby, knelt down and saluted: "I have met the magistrate."
"Tell me what you found out."
Wuzuo nodded, straightened his upper body and said: "Sir, all thirteen members of the Sun family were killed in a short period of time. The wounds were short and forward, and were caused by weapons such as daggers. They were all fatal injuries. You dare to be a villain.
Please allow me to present the body to the lobby."
"That's right."
Not long after, four detectives carried a stretcher covered with white cloth into the lobby and placed it next to the workman.
The crowd was silent, standing on tiptoes and looking in.
"My lord, please take a look." Wu Zuo said and lifted up the white cloth, revealing two dead faces in front of everyone.
This was a slightly fat middle-aged man with a wound on his chest, and his face was frozen into the last expression he had before his death.
The other man was slightly younger, somewhat similar to a middle-aged man. His throat was slit, and his expression was the same, but richer.
Wu Zuo said: "The head of the Sun family looked surprised, and his eldest son looked panicked."
Mu Su pondered: "In other words, the murderer took advantage of their unpreparedness and then quickly killed another person."
"Exactly." Wu Zuo covered the white cloth again. "The villain analyzed that the murderer stabbed to death the family owner and his eldest son who were caught off guard in the living room, and then killed the second son and his wife when they were panicked. At this time, the eldest daughter-in-law
The younger daughter and others reacted and fled. The frantic murderer rushed forward and killed them and the maid and servants. The Sun family was wiped out!"
[In this way, the murderer is either someone familiar to the Sun family or a guest of the Sun family.] Transparency Bridge analyzed.
Mu Su nodded: "So, the murderer is either someone familiar to the Sun family, or a guest of the Sun family."
【……】
【So handsome!】
"Exactly."
Mu Su asked: "In other words, the murderer possesses martial arts skills and is also someone familiar to the Sun family?"
Wu Zuo replied: "Sir, that's right."
Mu Su turned around and asked: "Captain, who are the people in Fei County who meet the above conditions?"
"Sir, there are eight people in total. Excluding those who can prove that they were not present that day, there are only three left."
Mu Su leaned back on the datewood chair and said, "Send them to the hall."
He left with his head clasped in fists.
The trial was temporarily suspended, and the people outside the government office began to whisper among themselves. Except for the Sun family, the owner of the case, the topic they talked about was the very young magistrate of the new county.
The new county magistrate who tried murder cases when he took office is much better than the corrupt magistrates who did nothing but made a lot of money in the previous tenures.
After lighting a stick of incense, the arrester came back from the Yamen, followed by three people.
The three people came to the hall, two of them knelt down and kowtowed, and the other bent down and held his hands.
"The villain Sun Haiying has met the adults."
"The villain Song Nan has met the adults."
"Gong Yangke was born in late life and has met the county magistrate."
Mu Su's eyes fell on Gong Yangke: "Are you famous?"
Gongyang Ke respectfully replied: "I'm really ashamed. I have been weak for three years since I was born late, and I am still a famous scholar without any fame."
Mu Su nodded: "Where were you that night?"
"Returning to the county magistrate, I am studying hard in my room."
Mu Su asked the other two people, both of whom were in his room.
Suddenly the conversation changed and he shouted coldly: "Sun Haiying, you recruited me from the truth, why do you want to destroy the entire Sun family!"
Sun Haiying raised her head in confusion: "Sir, what did you say...?"
Mu Su slapped him hard and said, "If you don't say yes, drag him out and kill him!"
Oshi's heart trembled. Could it be that this gentleman wanted to find a scapegoat?
Then two government officials rushed forward and took Sun Haiying into custody. The latter struggled violently: "Sir! I don't have it! I don't have it!"
Everything happened so fast that no one could react in time, causing an uproar.
Mu Su glanced at the progress of the task and saw an ordinary verdict.
This means that the judgment is only completed, without distinction between right and wrong.
Sun Haiying is not the murderer.
"Don't worry, I'm just testing you." Mu Su suddenly waved his hand, asking the yamen servant to let go of him. He said a test in an understatement and looked at the second person.
"Song Nan, where were you that night?"
"The villain is here..."
Song Nan was horrified, but he didn't expect that just as he was about to speak, Mu Su shouted loudly: "This man is a murderer. Drag him to prison and behead him at noon tomorrow."
The two government officials appeared again.
Song Nan kowtowed repeatedly and shouted: "I didn't...I was wronged! I was wronged, sir!"
"Okay, I understand." Mu Su studied hard and then nodded nonchalantly, turning to the last person.
In just a dozen seconds, the people had been stunned by the twists and turns, and Oshi's pen recording the process could not be put down.
Seeing Mu Su's eyes, Gongyang Ke reluctantly handed over his hand: "The county magistrate——"
"Drag him down and chop him!"
Two government officials jumped out and subdued Gong Yangke, one on the left and one on the right.
Just at this moment, the task progress suddenly changed. An ordinary case became a good case.