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Chapter 124 Flaws

When he heard that Yue Su had asked him to stay in Xingyuan for a few days, Xu Xiangzhi almost collapsed on his chair. This is Lord Yue's territory. Lord Yue asked you to stay. What's the use if you don't want to stay. The prefect of Huzhou is also a bit stupid.

Yes, now he also understands that Mr. Yue said it was a banquet, but it was actually a banquet. But now it is too late to understand.

In the days that followed, Xu Xiangzhi could only live in the governor's residence. Yue Su sent people to Hangzhou to obtain the files on Cheng Zhongwei's case from the Inspector's Yamen. With Mr. Yue's status, as soon as the documents arrived, the Nisi Yamen was not allowed to act immediately.

Pull out the file and hand it over to Mr. Yue.

The content recorded in this file is exactly the same as that recorded in the Ministry of Justice. The content is roughly as follows: Wang Jiong, the supervisory censor, participated in Cheng Zhongwei's corruption and bribery, and disregarded human life. The imperial court appointed Zhejiang Governor Huitong Nisi Yamen to investigate the case in detail.

During the trial, local tycoon Xu Xiangzhi accused Cheng Zhongwei of extorting 800 taels of silver from him. The governor's office sent people to search, but found 800 taels of silver in Cheng Zhongwei's home. In addition, jailers Chu Bo and Gao Xiang testified, and Cheng Zhongwei ignored people's lives.

Instructed them to use a sack to crush a commoner named Wu Shang to death. Cheng Zhongwei confessed to these accusations, signed and stamped them, and finally submitted them to the Ministry of Punishment, where he was ordered to be beheaded. The female relatives of the family were sent to the Jiaofang Department

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The case file was written in an even and orderly manner, with no trace of anything at all found. At that time, it was actually easy to find out the clues in a case like this. All one had to do was find the named people among them. Wang Can, the imperial censor, and the former governor of Zhejiang Province were quite respectable.

If you want to find a character, you only need to send someone to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to find out.

This case has been going on for more than ten years now. It seems very difficult to reverse the case, but for Mr. Yue, it is actually very easy. It is enough to find two or three people in the file.

Chu Bo and Gao Xiang are both jailers in the government prison. If we can find them and the family member named Wu Shang, the case should be able to come to light.

The jailers were just minor officials in the yamen, and they were all locals. Unless they moved away, it would be easy to find them. Yue Su immediately drove to the Huzhou government office. As soon as the prefect heard that Mr. Yue had come to the door in person, he hurried out to greet him and invite Yue Su.

Enter the hall solemnly.

Yue Su sat down in the main hall and said straight to the point: "Show the governor the roster in the government office."

"This..." The prefect was very surprised by Yue Su's request as soon as he came in, but he didn't dare to say 'no'. As soon as he opened his mouth, he saw Yue Su's face darken, and he immediately changed his words and said, "Here comes someone."

, go and call the chief clerk and ask him to fetch the roster from the yamen."

The yamen servant agreed and hurried to the back yamen to ask for the chief registrar.

As soon as the bookkeeper heard that the governor wanted to see it, he didn't dare to slow down a step and hurried to the lobby with the roster.

The roster was presented to Yue Su's hands. Yue Su just nodded slightly and began to flip through it. As for the list of arrests and cadres in the government office, Yue Su just glanced at it and quickly turned to the prison page.

At the beginning of this page were the names of three people, first the cell leader, and then the two small cell leaders in charge of the day shift and the night shift. Seeing these three names, Yue Su suddenly felt happy, and then he was secretly happy. Because, the two cell leaders in charge of the day shift and the night shift

The two cell leaders are: Chu Bo and Gao Xiang.

Unexpectedly, after these two boys testified against Cheng Zhongwei, they did not leave and continued to work in the government office. They presumably concluded that this case had become a fatal case and no one would pursue it in the future.

A smile appeared on Yue Su's face and he said: "Huzhou Prefecture, I want to see two people now."

"I wonder who you want to see, sir?" the Huzhou magistrate asked quickly. But there was obviously a trace of nervousness in his tone.

"The two cell heads in the government prison, Chu Bo and Gao Xiang." Yue Su said directly.

"This..." The prefect of Huzhou showed a look of embarrassment on his face.

"What's wrong?" Yue Su stared at Huzhou Mansion coldly.

"This... mainly these two people... I'm afraid I'll never see you again... they... both died the day before yesterday..." the prefect of Huzhou said awkwardly.

"What? They're all dead." Yue Su raised his eyebrows and asked loudly: "How did they all die? Has the murderer been caught?"

"It's...it's suicide..." Huzhou Mansion replied.

"Why do you want to commit suicide because of this nonsense?" Yue Su asked angrily.

"This... this subordinate doesn't know..."

"Okay, then you first tell me how they committed suicide, and bring the bodies to the governor, along with the deceased's family members. The autopsy records will be brought to the governor immediately," Yue Su said.

"Both of them hanged themselves. The bodies are now at home and are ready for burial. I will send someone to bring their bodies here. Well... go and call Wu Zuo quickly and present the autopsy records to Mr. Yue."

The Huzhou government issued orders one after another. In a short time, a coroner arrived and presented the autopsy records to Yue Su. The autopsy records were very clear. The two deceased people committed suicide. In addition to a strangulation mark on their necks, there were many injuries on their bodies.

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After reading it, Yue Su just put the autopsy report aside and waited for the body of the deceased and his family members to arrive. After a while, cries came from outside, guessing that they were the family members of the deceased. Sure enough, a moment later, the guards carried the

He walked in with the coffin. Next to the coffin, there was a middle-aged woman, an old woman and a child. All three of them cried loudly, without any pretense at all.

Arriving at the center of the hall, the coffin was put down, and the officers bowed to Yue Su and saluted, "Reporting to the Governor, Chu Bo's body has been carried. These three people are Chu Bo's family members, one is Chu Bo's mother, and the other is

His wife, the other is his son." After saying this, a famous officer looked at Chu Bo's mother and said, "The person sitting above is Governor Yue, why don't you kowtow quickly?"

When the old lady and the middle-aged woman heard that it was Mr. Yue, they quickly took their children and knelt down to kowtow. "A common woman kowtows to Mr. Yue..."

Yue Su nodded slightly and said, "Get up and answer."

"Thank you, Mr. Yue..."

After the three of them stood up, Yue Su said: "I wanted to question Chu Bo because of a case, but unexpectedly he died. Now I want to ask you, how did Chu Bo die?"

"My husband hanged himself to death..." the middle-aged woman cried.

"He hanged himself. Why did he hang himself? What did he say to you before he died?" Yue Su asked.

"What... I didn't say anything... The woman doesn't know why her husband can't think about it..." the middle-aged woman cried.

"Haha..." Yue Su chuckled lightly and said, "My husband committed suicide without any explanation. You, the wife, don't know anything about it. I really doubt that you committed adultery with others and conspired to kill Chu Bo."

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"My lord...it's unjust, my lord...the women of the common people never conspired with others to kill their husbands...I hope Master Qingtian will show me the truth..." After hearing Yue Su's words, the middle-aged woman was startled and shouted anxiously.

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The old woman was also anxious, and she cried and shouted: "Your Majesty, you are wise... My virtuous wife... will never do such a thing... We really don't know why my son committed suicide...

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"Whether you will do such a thing is not up to you. When I was the county magistrate in Yangshuo, I investigated an old case, in which the wife committed adultery with an outsider and murdered her husband. And the mother-in-law

, she was kept in the dark and kept speaking for her daughter-in-law until the truth of the case came to light, and then she repented. You mother-in-law, before I ask you, I don’t have the qualifications to speak here, so just stand still."

Having said this, Yue Su stared at the middle-aged woman closely and asked again: "On what day did your husband die, when did he commit suicide, which room in the house was he in, and how soon after his death was he found? Why don't you tell the truth?"

"My husband died the day before yesterday. He committed suicide in the main room at night. The young woman got up to relieve herself at night. When she saw that her husband was not in bed, she went out to look for her. She saw that her husband was dead in the main room," the woman said in tears.

"Your husband has an old mother and a wife and children. Before committing suicide, you didn't confess anything. As a wife, don't you have any doubts at all?" Yue Su asked flatly.

"This..." The middle-aged woman's face looked ugly. It could be said that she was completely stunned by Yue Su's words.

"As the wife of the deceased, her husband committed suicide for no reason. It's really incredible that you can be so calm and don't pursue the reasons. Even if you try to trace the reasons, you will inevitably have doubts in your heart. Once you come to court, you and you

Mother-in-law seems to think that your husband deserves to die. No matter how much I asked, you didn't even complain about him, nor did you question your husband's death at all, asking me to find out the truth for you. This is strange, although I

I dare not boast of Qingtian, but the people in the world have given me the reputation of Qingtian. Whenever I see my governor, I will definitely speak out if there is any injustice. How can I do this like you? That woman, even an outsider like this governor, feels that

There is something strange about your husband's death. As his wife, you don't have such thoughts. Do you think the governor suspects that you murdered your husband by someone else? If you didn't murder him, then there is only one answer.

That is, you knew that your husband was going to commit suicide before he committed suicide. Don’t blame me for not giving you a chance. If you tell the truth about your secret now, I will be extraordinarily generous and spare your life. Otherwise,

Don’t blame me for being rude to you. The instruments of torture in this governor’s hall are always non-vegetarian. Not to mention you, a woman, even if you are a gangster and a tough man, when you come to this governor’s hall, you must confess obediently.”

At this point, Yue Su picked up the gavel, slammed it with a bang and shouted loudly: "If I don't do it now, when will you wait?"

Seeing Yue Su's overwhelming momentum, the middle-aged woman shivered in fright and unconsciously knelt down on the ground. Thinking that she was just an ordinary folk woman, she had never seen such a battle before, and her courage was shattered, so she knelt down.

He couldn't help but tremble on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Sir, please don't be angry...Little woman, little woman...I wish, I wish to recruit...just...just after confessing...I hope you can save my family...
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