Shen Zhonglei was woken up early in the morning by the drumbeat of the defendant's complaint. He heard that the plaintiff was carrying the body to sue. He immediately lost all his energy when he got up. He got up, washed himself, put on his official uniform and went straight to the front office.
I have just learned that the governor is almost arriving in Huguang, so I don't dare to be negligent at this time.
What's more, it's a case where human lives are at stake, so you need to be extremely alert.
But in court, after hearing the plaintiff explain the situation, Shen Zhonglei was speechless.
"Since you said that the person committed suicide and did not die of illness, what does this have to do with Mrs. Tong?"
However, Grandma Wang plausibly said: "Mrs. Tong has never seen Mrs. Liu, so she told our wife that she was sick, and that our young master was sick because he drank her milk.
"My wife listened to Mrs. Tong and refused to let Ms. Liu nurse the young master after she returned, and invited a new wet nurse back.
"Ms. Liu first felt that she was rejected by her master, and secondly she was worried that something was really wrong with her. She couldn't eat or sleep for several days, and finally committed suicide.
"If Mrs. Tong had treated Mr. Liu from the beginning, people wouldn't be confused. How can we say it has nothing to do with Mrs. Tong!"
Shen Zhonglei was given a headache by her nonsense words. He was about to say a few words to dismiss her, but he heard someone outside the door respond: "Ms. Wang's words are reasonable. As a doctor, you should treat diseases and save people. How can you treat people like this?"
Patients turned away?
"This Lady Tong, even if she is not the direct murderer, is also the culprit who caused the death indirectly."
Shen Zhonglei frowned when he heard this. Just when he was about to scold anyone who dared to speak nonsense in court, he saw that the person was wearing a high-grade official uniform. He quickly swallowed the words that were on his lips.
Because he swallowed too hastily, he choked on his own saliva and coughed several times before he could barely speak.
Shen Zhonglei quickly stood up and came to the front and said: "My lower official Shen Zhonglei has met your Excellency. I didn't know that Your Excellency was here. I missed you from afar. I hope you will forgive me."
As he spoke, he thought to himself, this should be the governor Fan Yuru mentioned before, right?
Seeing that Shen Zhonglei didn't recognize the visitor at all, someone immediately came up behind him and introduced him: "My lord is the censor of Youdu of the Supervisory Yuan, Mr. Qian Poxin. He is patrolling the Southwest and Huguang areas under the emperor's order."
"It turns out to be Mr. Qian!" Shen Zhonglei hurriedly saluted again, "Xiaoguan has heard of Mr. Qian for a long time and has admired him for a long time. Today I finally get to meet you. It is really my blessing for you."
On the one hand, Shen Zhonglei was glad that he had asked people to clean up the city before, otherwise he would have been caught off guard.
On the one hand, I couldn't help but worry. The governor was patrolling the four directions for the emperor. He already had imperial power to protect his body, not to mention that the person who came here was a second-rank official.
Listening to what he just said, he didn't sound like a reasonable person, but more like he was talking about Mrs. Tong, which was really annoying.
Qian Poxin didn't care what Shen Zhonglei was thinking and said directly: "As the saying goes, arriving early is worse than arriving by chance. I didn't expect that I would encounter a case as soon as I arrived.
"I wonder if Mr. Shen can help me add a seat next to me so that I can listen in?"
This was a matter of discussion, but in fact it didn't give Shen Zhonglei any room to refuse, because before Shen Zhonglei could say anything, Qian Poxin's men had already moved the tables and chairs and placed them on the east side of Shen Zhonglei's official chair.
Shen Zhonglei could only smile and said: "Being able to receive the guidance and advice from Mr. Qian is a blessing that I have earned over many lifetimes. I can't even invite you here on weekdays!"
Qian Poxin waved his hand and said: "Hey, it's not about giving guidance. I just heard a lot of people's praise for Master Shen along the way, so I want to see how Master Shen solves the case and learn from it."
After hearing this, Shen Zhonglei felt sweat dripping from his forehead. He thought that this Master Qian might have been targeting him for a long time, so he came here specifically to find his fault, right?
But thinking about it, Qian Poxin had already sat down and he couldn't say anything else.
Of course, even if Qian Poxin has not yet sat down, he does not have the courage or ability to refuse the other party's request.
Shen Zhonglei said nothing, but Qian Poxin had something to say: "Is it time to summon the defendant to court next?
"That's right, Bao Yaxin, you can go with me and see what's going on."
Shen Zhonglei had no idea of bringing Lady Tong to the hall before. After all, it could be heard from Grandma Wang's words that this matter could not be blamed on Lady Tong.
But what Qian Poxin said was equivalent to giving an order to Shen Zhonglei. Regardless of whether he wanted to or not, he could only send someone there.
"Qiao Shuoming, take someone to the hospital and ask Madam Tong to come over and ask what's going on." Shen Zhonglei said and winked at Qiao Shuoming, hoping that he would be smarter and understand the meaning of his words.
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Qiao Shuoming understood Shen Zhonglei's attitude from the word "please", but he was just a small servant, and he didn't dare to control Bao Yaxin at all. After arriving at the hospital, he could only try his best to smooth things over, and in the end he was forced to run away by Bao Yaxin.
Go to Prince Rui's Mansion to find someone.
When Qiao Shuoming stood at the door of Prince Rui's palace to express his intention to come, his throat was tight and his calves were about to tremble, for fear of being beaten out.
Fortunately, the guards at the Prince's Mansion were well-trained, and instead of embarrassing him, they directly helped him in to pass the news.
Seeing this, Bao Yaxin smiled and patted Qiao Shuoming on the shoulder and said, "Look, this is a normal and simple thing. Even the Prince's Palace cannot protect the prisoner."
Before he finished speaking, a clear female voice suddenly came from the door: "The case has not been opened yet, the original defendant has not yet met to testify, and the prefect has not yet concluded the case, so where is the prisoner?"
Bao Yaxin was choked by these words. Before he could organize a rebuttal, he saw a slender woman walking out of the door. Although she was wearing a mask, her eyes were dark and watery, her thin lips were pursed lightly, and she was small.
The chin has a graceful curve.
Qiao Shuoming, who was next to him, immediately stepped forward when he saw the visitor and said hello: "Ms. Tong, I'm sorry to bother you!"
"It doesn't matter, we should cooperate with the government in investigating the case. Even people from the Prince's Palace can't do anything special, right?"
Fan Yuru followed Shen Tianshu out of the palace. He didn't even look at Bao Yaxin when he said this, but every word was aimed at his arrogant words just now.
"Master Fan!" Qiao Shuoming felt relieved when he saw Fan Yuru also coming out.
From what he said, it was clear that he regarded Lady Tong as a member of Prince Rui's palace, and it seemed that he planned to protect her to the end.
In this way, today in the courtroom was equivalent to a contest between Prince Rui's Palace and Governor Qian, and the pressure on Shen Zhonglei was virtually relieved.
Bao Yaxin knew that he had just said the wrong thing, and he would be at a disadvantage if he tried to explain at this moment, so he just snorted from his nose and said: "There is no point in the dispute of words. Whether he is a criminal or not will be clear after the first trial."