Following the shout from the military attaché with a sword in the hall, there was a sudden silence inside and outside the hall.
Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, two teams of government officials wearing red and black soap clothes and holding water and fire sticks came out from both sides of the back of the lobby and lined up on both sides of the lobby.
The water and fire stick in his hand suddenly fell down, shouting, "Mighty!"
"Master Fu Yin has arrived!" Another shout came, and Bao Zhao's figure slowly appeared. He walked very slowly, with a somewhat dignified pace and a solemn face.
"Common people come to see you, sir!"
"The students have met the adults!"
In the lobby, the unworthy heads of Guizhou kowtowed one after another. The scholars dressed as scholars clasped their fists and bowed in salute.
"Humph!" the old man hummed in a low voice, "It's quite a show!"
Bao Zhao walked into the lobby, looked around majestically, and landed directly on Zhu Yunxi and the old man.
Zhu Yunxi looked at him from a distance and nodded slowly. The latter understood and nodded slightly.
Then, Bao Zhao walked up to several old people and helped them up with his own hands, "Old people, please get up, no need to be polite!"
As he said that, he turned to look at the few scholars in the hall and asked, "Who are you?"
"Students, etc., are all students of the Imperial College!" one of the scholars said, "I happened to be having tea at the teahouse next to the place where the crime occurred. I heard about the trial in the High Court, so I took the liberty to come here!"
In the Ming Dynasty, scholars with a good reputation have the privilege of not bowing before officials, so they always bow and salute in the hall.
"Hmm!" Bao Zhao nodded, "Since you are students of the Imperial College, you don't study hard in the academy, why do you come out to drink some tea?"
"That's right, sir!" The students bowed again.
Bao Zhao then said to the people who were prostrating, "Get up!" After saying that, he walked up to the official chair, sat under the high-hanging plaque in the mirror, and knocked with the wake wood, "Bring the people to prison!"
"Bring someone to commit the crime!"
The chains were clattering, and Liu Zi was brought up with blood still stained on his body and a look of embarrassment.
"Kneel down!" A government official kicked him in the crook of his leg, and Liu Zi knelt down with a thud.
At this moment, his face no longer looked as ferocious as when he had just killed someone. It was full of fear and uneasiness, and his expression was miserable.
"What's the prisoner's name?" Bao Zhao said loudly.
Liu Zi stammered, "Liu Zi!"
"Daimyo!"
"Wang Liu!"
Bao Zhao nodded, and the masters beside him who were recording the interrogation were busy writing.
"I want to ask you, did you just kill your wife on the street in broad daylight?"
Liuzi's teeth chattered, and his voice sounded like he was crying, "Yes, it was the little one who killed me!"
"Why?" Bao Zhao knocked on Mu Mu again and asked loudly, "Why did you kill your wife?"
"This..." Liuzi's face turned blue and purple, he was so confused that he couldn't speak.
"Liuzi, what are you talking about?" Among the people listening, the proprietress of the tea stall said heartbreakingly.
"Liuzi, please speak and tell the truth to the adults! How can you kill someone? You don't even dare to kill chickens on weekdays!" The relatives around the boss's wife spoke one after another.
"I..." In an instant, Liuzi burst into tears.
"Bold, I am reviewing the case, who is making the noise?" Bao Zhao was immediately furious, "Get out of here..." As he said that, seeing the noisy landlady standing next to the old man, he quickly said, "
It's just this once, if you don't make any noise next time, get out!"
After saying that, he paused and said to Liu Zi, "Wang Liu, it is a fact that you killed people on the street with brutal methods. You have to find out the hidden reasons in detail!"
"Villain..." Liu Zi opened his mouth, tears falling down, "There was no reason, I just didn't like that bitch, so I drew a knife to kill him!"
Seeing his expression of heartache and confusion, Zhu Yunxi whispered to the old man, "I'm afraid it's something embarrassing. I'd rather die than talk about it!"
"Hey! There are only a few things that a man would rather die than say!" the old man whispered.
"Are you seriously not telling me?" Bao Zhao asked again.
"I have nothing to say, little man!" Liu Zi cried and said loudly.
Suddenly, an old woman's heartbreaking cry came from outside the hall, "My poor daughter, she married a poor guy like Wang Liu and never had a good life. Now she is killed by him. Mr. Qingtian makes the decision for the common people."
Oh, my poor daughter!"
Liuzi turned around in an instant, his eyes becoming ferocious again.
Seeing this, Zhu Yunxi said from the side, "Wang Liu, if you don't tell the reason, you will have to bear the reputation of killing your wife until you die! Once you die, have you ever thought about your family? Don't let the kiss hurt.
Get angry quickly!"
"Bold, you..."
In the hall, a leader of the government officials opened his mouth to scold Zhu Yunxi.
Suddenly his heart ached, and the military attaché with the sword gave him a cruel elbow in the back, and gave him a "shut up" look.
"That's right!" Bao Zhao also said, "You can't kill someone without a reason. If there is something hidden, I can reduce the sentence at my discretion!" As he spoke, his words became softer, "You have to know that you killed your wife without any reason.
In addition to paying for it with my own life, my family members also have to pay for it with their money."
"Villain.........Villain...."
Liuzi struggled for a long time, then suddenly closed his eyes and shouted loudly, "That woman was stealing from someone at home and was caught by a villain. She killed her on the spot!"
Buzz, the spectators inside and outside the lobby were talking about it.
No wonder his six sons were unwilling to say that it turned out to be such a scandal!
"Quiet!" the officials in the hall shouted in unison, and everything inside and outside the hall became quiet again.
"Oh?" Bao Zhao frowned slightly, "Please tell me in detail!"
"The villain doesn't make a living on weekdays. He relies on his efforts in the city to make money. Everyone in the neighborhood knows that the villain is an honest and responsible person who takes care of his family!" Liu Zi said with tears.
He looked at the old people listening with violent eyes, and one of them stood up and said, "Sir, I have watched him grow up. He has been honest since he was a child, never getting into trouble, and he doesn't drink or gamble when he makes money. He leaves it all to his family. Although
It’s hard work, but the family’s life is pretty good!”
Liu Zi continued to cry, "Today, some distinguished guests came to Xiaoren's cousin's stall. They gave Xiaoren two silver coins and asked him to go to Lanxinzhai to buy snacks!"
"The villain bought the snacks, and I was thinking about it!" At this point, Liuzi was already crying. "The villain was thinking, my wife at home has never eaten such good snacks. I bought them with the money given by the distinguished guest.
It’s a lot, so I secretly took out a few pieces and gave them to my wife at home so that she could have a taste too!”
"So, the little man divided out a packet of snacks, put them in his arms, and walked home!"
At this time, Liu Zi's voice became heartbreaking, "As soon as the villain entered the yard, I felt something was wrong. The doors and windows were closed in broad daylight. When the villain walked to the window, ahhhhh!"
Liuzi could no longer speak, his face was as ferocious as when he had just killed someone.
"Little man, little man heard the voices of men and women inside!" Liuzi gritted his teeth, blood flowing down the corners of his mouth.
"Did you really hear it?" Bao Zhao asked.
"I heard it, really, how could I not know that bitch's voice?" Liu Zi gritted his teeth, "At that time, the villain's mind was buzzing, blood rushed directly to the top of his head, and he kicked the outer door!"
"How?" Bao Zhao continued to ask.
"I saw..." Liuzi lowered his head deeply, as if he was deeply humiliated, "That bitch and Butcher Song, who sells meat on the street, were entangled in bed...
.....”
"Buzz!"
The crowd suddenly became noisy again, this was not just about catching someone in bed!
"Impossible!" came the sharp scream of the old woman from the crowd, "How could my daughter be like this? Don't frame her!"
"Framing?" Liuzi turned around with a scary look in his eyes, "Ever since she entered my house, I have treated her like a treasure. I couldn't bear to eat even a penny of bad wine. I gave all the money I earned to her, for fear that
She can’t eat or dress well!”
"But usually, she either complains that I have no future, or that I'm stupid. Or she thinks I come back late, and says I'm dirty!"
Liuzi yelled, "I have endured all this. Thinking about the harmony between husband and wife, and thinking that she is a woman, it is not easy for me, Liuzi, to find a wife, so I endured it."
"But today, I can't stand the scandal of running into them!"
"That's my home, and she actually brought people into my home to steal them!"
"That's my home, the bed where I sleep after working hard and earning money every day, but there are other men who are happy!"
"That room and bed were all obtained by the villain with their blood and sweat! They actually..."
After saying that, he kowtowed again with his eyes red, "Sir, the villain caught me in bed and raped me. Not only was that bitch not afraid, but I asked the villain why he came back so early!"
"The villain, in a rage, went to the kitchen, pulled out a knife, and killed him on the spot!"
"Good kill!" the old man shouted, "Anyone can kill whores and sluts!"
"Yes, well done!" Many people in the crowd agreed, and the crowd was furious.
Bao Zhao in the hall was also furious, "How could there be such a slutty woman?"
From the crowd outside the hall, the old woman's scream came again, "No way, Wang Liu, you are spitting blood, my daughter will never be like this! You must be scolded by your wife for not having any future, and you can't show your anger by killing someone!"
"Wang Liu, I want to ask you, where is the adulterer?" Bao Zhao asked again.
Liuzi's face was ferocious and his voice was resentful, "The adulterer surnamed Song is a meat seller in the back street. He somehow hooked up with that bitch. When the villain took the knife, the thief Song jumped out of the window and escaped!"
, took a sip, "It gave him an advantage!"
Bao Zhao sneered twice, "Come here, arrest Song Tu and question him in court!"
Several government officials took the order on the spot and went with fire sticks and waist knives.
Zhu Yunxi listened, thought for a while and said in his mind, "If what Wang Liu said is true, then the man named Song must be hiding now and no one can be found!"
So, he quietly called Li Qi, "Go and tell the Jin Yiwei to dig three feet into the ground to find this adulterer named Song!"