In Gu Chengyi's case, although Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment did not make a verdict that day, judging from the circumstances of the case, it was very unfavorable to Gu Chengyi.
Gu Chengyi had no witnesses, was unconscious at the time of the crime, and was unable to defend himself. In addition, all the evidence pointed to Gu Chengyi, and the presiding officer had already preconceived the conclusion that Gu Chengyi committed the murder while drunk.
After the trial, this is what happened...
On the day of the incident, Feng Sijin and Jing Yan were invited to go to Donglin College to comment on the students. At that time, an article written by Gu Chengyi was well received by Feng Sijin and Jing Yan. The two had a very good impression of Gu Chengyi, and they also
Ask Gu Chengyi to go to them if he doesn't understand anything.
Gu Chengyi was very happy at the time. Some of his friends were really happy for him, while others were jealous of him. When someone proposed to celebrate, the people around Gu Chengyi started to boo, and regardless of Gu Chengyi's wishes, they forced Gu Chengyi to drink and celebrate.
Gu Chengyi stole the show today. The group of students at the wine table were trying to persuade and toast him intentionally or unintentionally. No matter how smart Gu Chengyi was, he was still just a child. He usually had no chance to drink with others. He soon got drunk and became unconscious. In the end, he let
Someone carried it back...
The dozen or so students who drank with Gu Chengyi at that time can all testify that Gu Chengyi drank too much, and they all said that Gu Chengyi was very strong when he was drunk, and it took four or five of them to restrain Gu Chengyi and send him back.
In addition, some students testified that they heard noises in Gu Chengyi's room in the middle of the night. However, they thought that Gu Chengyi was drunk and crazy, and they drank a lot, so they did not go to check. They didn't know what happened until the morning.
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As for the other students, all have alibi evidence. Only Gu Chengyi can't tell what he was doing at the time of the incident.
In other words, this is a case of drunken students committing murder.
The case seems simple, but no one can find any flaws. Even the footprints found by Gu Qiancheng in the inner room can be explained as being the student who sent Gu Chengyi back to his room.
Of course, the damage to the door shaft may also have been caused by a crash when sending Gu Chengyi back to his room...
"After Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment listened to the witnesses' confessions, they did not decide the case on the spot, but said they would try it again three days later." Gu Sanshu's face has not looked better since he came back.
There were both witnesses and physical evidence. Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment did not judge the case on the spot, not because they had doubts about the case, but because the impact of the case was so bad that they did not dare to make a hasty judgment. Even after delaying it for two more days, they could tell.
People, they did careful verification afterwards.
"The confessions of the students are very detrimental to Chengyi. The murderer picked Chengyi to be the guilty lamb, presumably because he couldn't defend himself." Gu Qiancheng would not think that it was the murderer who paid off.
One or two witnesses can be bribed, but what about a dozen?
If you really want to bribe so many witnesses, you will definitely leave traces. The murderer will not do such a thing, and the students of Donglin College all have good family backgrounds. It is simply impossible to bribe more than a dozen witnesses.
This matter also involves Feng Sijin and Jing Yan. No student will give false evidence on this matter. If the Feng family is dissatisfied, the gain will outweigh the loss.
"Chengyi was framed by others. Those people must have been jealous when they saw Chengyi being praised by Master Feng and Master Jing, so they came to harm my Chengyi." The third lady looked depressed, and secretly hated Feng in her heart.
Sijin and Jingyan.
If these two people had not praised Chengyi, Chengyi would not have been drunk by those people, and what happened next would not have happened at all.
In fact, Feng Sijin and Jing Yan were also quite depressed. They did not expect such a thing to happen. They had no selfish motives at all when they praised Gu Chengyi. They simply thought that the child had spiritual energy.
"I hope there will be new progress in this case, otherwise the Gu family will hate us." Jing Yan smiled when he thought of Gu Qiancheng.
That woman, there should be something she can do, right?
"What? Have you made a new discovery?" Feng Sijin looked at Jing Yan in surprise. He had rarely seen Jing Yan smile so brightly.
"Yeah. When I went to pick up Xiao, I saw an interesting person." Jing Yan told Feng Sijin about seeing Gu Qiancheng go to the crime scene.
"Did you do it on purpose?" Feng Sijin had already suspected it, but Jing Yan didn't say anything, and he didn't ask further questions.
He never likes to meddle in other people's business.
"Aren't you curious why the eldest daughter of the Gu family came to Donglin Academy?" Jing Yan asked the question without answering, avoiding the topic.
Feng Sijin shook his head decisively: "I'm not curious at all."
"How boring is your life." Jing Yan put down the book in his hand, stood up and took two steps, turning his back to Feng Sijin and said: "Gu Qiancheng is not like an ordinary lady, I think she seemed to notice at the scene
What, this case will take a turn for the better."
"She can't do it." Unless...
"It's enough for the King of Qin to come forward." Jing Yan answered, then looked puzzled again, and turned to Feng Sijin and asked: "I'm very curious, how come the King of Qin has an intersection with Gu Qiancheng, and is so special to her. Gu
"The concubine that Prince Chu has adopted is the second lady of the Gu family." After Feng Sijin said this, he ignored Jing Yan and concentrated on the book in his hand...
Jing Yan... it would be fine if he was just ambitious, but it would be dangerous if he had other ideas.
Gu Qiancheng didn't care how the Criminal Department sentenced Gu Chengyi's case. What she cared about was whether Qin Jiyan found the real culprit.
As long as the real culprit is found, the ironclad evidence against Gu Chengyi won't be a problem. But the problem is...
Since that night, Qin Jiyan seemed to have disappeared. Gu Qiancheng could not receive any news, and it was impossible for her to go to Donglin Academy. She had no other choice but to wait.
However, Gu Qiancheng is not in a hurry. Qin Jiyan is not a master who allows others to bully him. He will definitely fight back. The Criminal Department is a good breakthrough point...
Three days later, Gu Chengyi's case was decided.
Although the Xianqi Hou Mansion exerted pressure on this case, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple did not dare to impose a heavy sentence. Although the evidence pointed out that Gu Chengyi committed murder, he committed manslaughter while drunk. In addition, Gu Chengyi was young, so it was impossible to impose the death penalty.
The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple jointly agreed to sentence Gu Chengyi to twenty years in prison.
After this verdict, the people in the Xianqi Hou Mansion were very dissatisfied. They insisted that the murderer should pay with his life. The Gu Guogong Mansion did not express any comment, but Gu Sanshu was very uneasy...
If the King of Qin does not overturn the verdict, then Chengyi will be imprisoned for twenty years.
Although a twelve-year-old boy will not be considered old when he comes out after sitting for twenty years, these twenty years of time and experience are enough to ruin Gu Chengyi's life.
When the third lady heard the verdict, she fainted on the spot. The old man didn't say anything and left silently. He only glanced at Gu Qiancheng before leaving.
This glance was enough for Gu Qiancheng to understand what he meant.
As expected, the old man knew everything. Gu Qiancheng was extremely lucky that she didn't have to tell Uncle Gu San about everything, otherwise she would have been miserable.
Although the old man is very selfish, he is much more difficult to deal with than Gu Guogong and others.
"Now, I just hope there is news from King Qin, otherwise..." Not only will something happen to Gu Chengyi, but she won't be able to get over it either.
If King Qin didn't take any action, the old man would definitely think that King Qin didn't value her as much as she said.
She couldn't get into the eyes of King Qin, and she repeatedly sabotaged Qianxue's affairs and harmed the interests of the Gu family. The old man would never let her go lightly...