Lin Haoran held the gavel tree, trying to show off the majesty of the prefect to stop the chaotic noises of the people in the hall. But when some words entered his ears, he was suddenly stunned.

Snap!

Finally, he dropped the gavel heavily and said in a deep voice: "Quiet!"

"mighty!"

Twelve burly officials in the hall pounded the ground with long sticks of fire and water. When they heard the sound of "dong dong dong", the originally chaotic people became quiet.

Lin Haoran looked at the people in the hall and asked the crowd in a deep voice: "Can someone tell me what's wrong with Ruan Juaner's pregnancy?"

It's just that the incident was unexpected, and the people who had been rushing to discuss it just now were looking at each other, but no one dared to step forward to explain the situation.

Huh?

Lin Haoran frowned slightly. Firstly, it was because the people of Leizhou lacked blood and were timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Secondly, it reflected Jia Bao's intimidating power.

It was at this time that Su Niang walked out from the crowd and said: "Your Excellency, the daughter of the people has something to say!"

"Please come up to the court and answer the question!" Lin Haoran nodded slightly.

This was not the first time that Su Niang had gone to court. She walked into the hall with ease, bowed and replied: "Jia Song went to Beijing to study in the Imperial College in August last year. If Ruan Juaner is pregnant, she must have committed adultery or been defiled by an adulterer."

!”

In this era, adultery is a serious crime. For example, when some clans discover a man and woman committing adultery, they do not need branch officials and have the right to directly immerse the man and woman in a pig cage.

Ruan Juaner's abnormal pregnancy, regardless of whether it was voluntary or not, the "adulterer" would definitely die.

Although Lin Haoran had already made some guesses in his mind, everything must be based on real evidence, and now the first thing he wanted to verify was whether Ruan Juaner was really pregnant as the mute woman said.

If Ruan Juaner is pregnant, no matter whether the perpetrator is a mute woman or not, the adulterer will not be able to escape the blame. Especially when the mute woman has insufficient motive to kill, the adulterer will have a stronger motive to kill.

However, this time the file only describes the disembowelment of the mute female general Ruan Juan'er, focusing on the cruelty of the mute female general's killing methods. There is no autopsy report, and naturally it will not indicate whether Yao Juan'er had a pregnancy belt.

What is troublesome is that Jia Bao may not allow him to open the coffin for an autopsy, or the body may have been destroyed long ago.

"Call witness Huang Qi!" Lin Haoran was shocked and planned to interrogate the witnesses of that day.

After a while, a short old man with gray hair and beard came up to the hall with the yamen servant. He knelt down respectfully towards Lin Haoran and said, "Huang Qi, a common man, pays homage to the Lord!"

Lin Haoran noticed that there was a hint of timidity in his eyes, but it didn't seem like a guilty conscience, but more like a natural fear of the people towards officials, so he softened his attitude and said: "Tell me everything you saw and heard that day!"

"Follow your orders!" Huang Qi's reaction was a little slower, and then he said slowly: "On that day, the grassroots were fishing by the Nandu River, but they saw this murderer. She dragged Mrs. Jia to the river and raped her.

, the methods are extremely cruel!”

Lin Haoran looked at him with unusually calm eyes, and his heart could not help but be shaken, so he asked again: "Have you witnessed the whole process of the murder?"

"Yes!" Huang Qi nodded firmly.

Lin Haoran flipped through the files, glanced at him again and asked, "Is Mrs. Jia pregnant?"

"No!" Huang Qi shook his head.

Lin Haoran frowned slightly and asked again: "Is this the knife she used?"

With that said, a clerk brought the murder weapon to Huang Qi. After checking it carefully, Huang Qi nodded seriously and said: "Yes!"

"Should the knife be held in the left hand or in the right hand?" Lin Haoran suddenly had an idea and asked casually.

"Left hand!" Huang Qi said with certainty.

"Should we kill the person first and then disembowel him, or should he disembowel him directly?" Lin Haoran looked up at him and asked again.

"Just cut him open and disembowel him!" Huang Qi thought for a moment and said firmly.

"Did Mrs. Jia die on the spot or was she yelling?" Lin Haoran continued to ask without comment.

"Shout!" Huang Qi said honestly, meeting his gaze.

"What are you shouting for?" Lin Haoran asked.

"Shout for help!" Huang Qi answered honestly.

In fact, Lin Haoran didn't have a specific plan in mind. Now he just wanted to ask more questions and see if he could find any flaws. But the other party's answers seemed to be watertight. Even he was a little biased towards this little old man, thinking that the mute female talent was the real one.

fierce.

Snap!

But a strange scene suddenly appeared. The mute woman knelt behind Huang Qi, clapping her hands in the air as if swatting mosquitoes.

Damn, this is a crazy woman!

Lin Haoran frowned slightly, becoming more suspicious of this mute woman. But suddenly, he looked at Huang Qi in surprise, but Huang Qi still looked at him harmlessly.

In fact, there was nothing unusual about Huang Qi's expression, and he even maintained the same timid look he had when he first entered the court. What was strange was that the mute woman slapped him seven or eight times behind him, but he turned a deaf ear.

"What is this mute doing?"

"It seems to be killing mosquitoes!"

"Why didn't Huang Qi react at all? Is he deaf?"

…

The people in the hall also looked at this scene with confusion, but they soon found the key point. Huang Qi in the hall turned a deaf ear to the applause.

"Huang Qi!"

"Huang Qi!"

"Deaf old man!"

…

A brave young man in the hall started calling Huang Qi, but Huang Qi in the hall still turned a deaf ear, like an old monk in trance, and he seemed to only have eyes for Lin Haoran.

When everyone saw this scene, how could they not know that the deaf old man was lying? He could not hear the sound in his ears. How could he hear Mrs. Jia shouting "Help".

Lin Haoran narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded slightly towards Huang Qi, and mouthed: "Stand up and answer!"

"Thank you, Mr. Fu!" Huang Qi withdrew his gaze, bowed his hands and stood up.

Snap!

But before Huang Qi could stand firm, Lin Haoran slapped the crowd and said angrily: "I didn't say anything. You clearly relied on lip reading to understand my words. What crime should you be guilty of?"

ah?

Huang Qi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't know how he was exposed. He just looked at Lin Haoran's angry face, knelt down and begged for mercy: "Sir, please forgive me, but the villain is also obsessed with it, and only lies after receiving money from others!"

That night, a piece of news spread throughout the streets and alleys of Leizhou City. The target was pointed at Jia Bao, saying that Jia Bao took advantage of his son Jia Shan to study in Beijing and raped his daughter-in-law Ruan Juaner.

Kill and silence.

In this era, human relations are shamed by the world.
Chapter completed!