The Mid-Autumn Festival is followed immediately by the Autumn Hunting, but there will still be two days left in between so that the relevant yamen or agencies can make full preparations. During this period, officials in the DPRK and the Central Government naturally need to go to the yamen normally, but this may be due to the Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere.
, it was time to pick up the autumn hunt again, and many officials had not yet recovered. However, there was one person in Dali Temple who seemed to have discovered the joy of work and showed great enthusiasm.
"Based on the above and the existing evidence, after my trial, this case indeed has nothing to do with you, but your sister-in-law will definitely not be able to escape the involvement. If someone comes, take him down first and summon Chen Zhou!"
In the court hall of Dali Temple, Li Yu sat in the court hall with a serious face, looking at the common man kneeling under the hall, patting the gavel and making a decision.
Hearing this, the two record-keeping officials sitting on the side raised their heads slightly. His Highness Prince You took the initiative to bring this case over from the Ministry of Justice. Early in the morning five days ago, someone discovered a male corpse in an alleyway in the north of the city.
, after a preliminary trial by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it was found that the man in front of me, the deceased's brother, invited the deceased to his home the night before the crime. Although there is no evidence yet that he did it, it should not have anything to do with the deceased's wife.
, but they had seen Li Yu’s methods and did not choose to interrupt.
The man kneeling on the ground froze in place. Just when two officials were about to take him down, he suddenly struggled violently: "Sir, it can't be my sister-in-law. This case has nothing to do with her. I hope you will find out clearly!"
Li Yu waved his hand and said bluntly: "After my investigation, I found that Chen Zhou was often beaten by your brother, and some people saw her going out on the eve of the incident. This case is probably inseparable from her. As for whether it is true or not,
I'll catch him and ask him, and I'll find out."
After saying that, he waved his hand again, indicating to the officers to take him down.
After hearing what Li Yu said, the man in cloth suddenly widened his eyes: "That's not the case. She didn't go out at all that night. How could he have anything to do with her..."
Halfway through his words, he suddenly became speechless.
Li Yu raised the corner of his mouth slightly, raised his hand to signal the officials to leave, and said with a smile: "She didn't go out that night? How did you know?"
"I..." The man in cloth swallowed his saliva and then said: "Anyway, my sister-in-law is a kind person. It is difficult to kill a chicken. How can she kill someone? You can't slander her!"
"Chen Fu, I have already investigated this case. Do I need to tell you about it?" Li Yu said calmly.
In an instant, all the officials standing in the courtroom secretly glanced at Li Yu. What happened so quickly? Didn't this person just say that his sister-in-law didn't go out that night? Although it was a bit suspicious, it couldn't be considered evidence!
The clothed man's expression flickered, and he clenched his hands tightly, but soon forced himself to relax, and a smile appeared on his face: "Sir, what are you talking about? Brother's death has nothing to do with me!"
Li Yu looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Then I will give you an analysis. People's eyes are the windows to the soul. The mouth can lie, but the eyes cannot. When I was sorting out the case, I asked about you.
Regarding relevant doubts, your eyes couldn't help but roll up when you answered, which means that most of your words are false... After that, when I ask you to stand next to me, I will put the blame on you.
When it came to your sister-in-law, you were extremely nervous and even opened your mouth to defend her. I tell you that Mrs. Chen Zhou was brought back by me for questioning a long time ago. She also tried her best to protect you. Therefore, this matter
The case is actually very simple. Chen Zhou was in love with you, so they joined forces to kill your brother!"
After listening to Li Yu's words, the man in common clothes became even more excited and shouted loudly: "You fart, this thing has nothing to do with my sister-in-law. It was all done by me. It was all done by me alone. Yes, I like it."
Sister-in-law, that's because Yin'er was supposed to be my wife, but my eldest brother took her home before me. The most hateful thing is that when he brought Yin'er home, he didn't treat her well. Instead, he often beat and scolded her. Not only that.
, he didn’t want to make progress and was addicted to gambling. He took nearly a hundred taels of silver from me. He deserved to die. So, that night, I invited him to my house for a drink. After dinner, I followed him and found a place where no one was around.
place, and deal with him personally!"
Hearing this, the corner of Li Yu's mouth twitched. It seemed that he still hadn't mastered criminal psychology, and he was so far behind. He coughed lightly to relieve his embarrassment, and raised his hand to signal to his subordinates to let the man in cloth make a mark.
Soon after, when the other party pressed his fingerprints on the confession, he held his head high and said: "This is all within my plan. I just said that to make you confess. Come and take me down!"
All the officials in the lobby suddenly understood and started talking softly.
"So that's it. Your Highness Prince You deliberately told the man named Chen that he and his sister-in-law conspired to murder the deceased. In the end, in order to protect his sister-in-law, this guy directly told the truth!"
"Yes, we didn't call Chen Zhou for questioning at all. It turns out that this was all a trick set up by His Highness Prince You."
"Let the suspect take the initiative to plead guilty without any punishment. Your Highness is so awesome!"
"..."
Soon, the man in civilian clothes lowered his head and was taken out by the officers.
The official in charge of recording compiled the files related to the case and handed them to Li Yu. He said with a smile: "His Royal Highness You Wang, you are really like a god in solving cases!"
Li Yu took the case file and glanced at it before handing it back, and then asked: "Zhu Sizhi, did the Criminal Department submit the unsolved case from yesterday?"
Hearing this, the short Zhu Lianghan slowly raised his head. Today, he has already grabbed two cases from the Ministry of Punishment and the Taiping County Government. Most of the cases found in Dali Temple are related to court officials. These small cases will not let them come.
Check it out!
What happened to His Highness King You?
I don’t usually see him being so diligent!
Although he thought so in his heart, he still nodded silently: "Your Majesty, I will send someone to urge you."
"Yeah." Li Yu nodded and replied. Ever since he heard Tang Ji talk about criminal psychology the day before yesterday, he had become very interested. Now he naturally wanted to find more cases to practice.
At this moment, a red-clothed officer quickly walked up to him, raised his hands and said, "Your Highness, the five suspects in the Nancheng Jewelry Shop murder case have confessed."
Hearing this, Zhu Lianghan exclaimed: "Are you guilty?"
I heard that the jewelry store case has been backlogged in the Ministry of Punishment for half a month. The five suspects were very tough. No matter how they were tortured, they said they only stole jewelry and did not kill anyone. This gave the officials of the Ministry of Punishment a headache. Originally, they were still
Thinking of His Highness Prince You, he couldn't think of taking over this case. He didn't expect that the case was solved in just half a day. He couldn't help but ask: "What method did you use?"
The red-clothed officer turned around and replied with a smile: "His Royal Highness Youwang taught them well. He imprisoned them separately, and made them analyze under coercion and inducement. In the end, they all rushed to recruit them. This method of defeating them one by one is really good."
Easy to use.”
Zhu Lianghan couldn't help but turn his attention to Li Yu again. It's amazing, His Highness Prince You must be possessed by evil spirits!
Li Yu raised the corner of his mouth slightly, sighing in his heart that the method taught by Tang Ji was very practical.
It happened that the conversation of several people was caught by a man in a light purple official uniform with black hair mixed with white silk who came out from the back hall. He laughed twice: "It has been a long time since my Dali Temple County Government Office was like this.
It’s so lively!”
Upon seeing this, the eyes of everyone present quickly focused on him. Except for Li Yu, everyone else saluted in unison and said, "I have met Mr. Lu."
"You don't need to be polite!" Lu Mingzhi walked straight to Li Yu, raised his hand and saluted, then turned to look at the red-clothed official on the side: "Okay, since the prisoner has confessed, let's act in accordance with the regulations, and the Criminal Department will also
Don’t blame me, Dali Temple, for taking the credit.”
Soon, the officials in the court were busy performing their duties.
Lu Mingzhi took a half step back, spread his hands and made a "please" gesture: "His Royal Highness, let's talk."
After all, the other party was the Minister of Dali Temple, and he had taken good care of him these days. Li Yu naturally couldn't refuse, and nodded slightly: "Master Lu, please."
The two walked out of the courtroom and walked into the courtyard at the back. In the long corridor, Lu Mingzhi slowed down, put his hands behind his back, and asked calmly: "Your Highness, I wonder what kind of interrogation method you used today?"
"Well, this method is more sophisticated. For example, the person I just interrogated, he repeatedly disowned his brother's death at first, so even if we interrogate him again and again, or even torture him, as long as there is no conclusive evidence of guilt, he will not
Admit it, but as long as you take him out of the position of a prisoner, let him look at the matter from the perspective of a bystander, and continue to bombard his weaknesses until his psychological defense line collapses, the case will naturally come to light. This is called criminal psychology."
Li Yu explained patiently.
After listening, Lu Mingzhi raised his hand and touched his beard: "It's so miraculous. If other interrogation officials can learn from this method, they can use less torture to extract confessions and waste less time."
Thinking of this, he stopped and turned sideways to look at Li Yu: "I am brave enough to ask Your Highness to teach this method to the interrogation officials!"
Li Yu pursed his lips. After thinking for a while, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly and shrugged: "It's not that I don't want to say it. This method was also taught to me by Tang Ji. In addition to criminal psychology, he also has a complete set of interrogation methods.
, such as the "single sword approach", "break one by one method", "peeling off cocoons", etc., what I have learned is only superficial!"
Tang Ji?
Lu Mingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly. Now everyone in the court knew about Tang Ji's skills, agricultural reforms, new accounting methods, flying money skills, extremely high attainments in poetry, and developed business acumen. Unexpectedly, he even knew how to use torture.
Understand, His Highness Prince You can easily solve a case with just a superficial knowledge. If he can learn more, will he still need to torture the prisoner to extract a confession in the subsequent interrogation?
Thinking of this, he nodded in acquiescence, raised his hands and said: "Thank you for informing me, Your Highness, I have something important to do, so I'm sorry."
"It's okay, Mr. Lu, please excuse me." Li Yu replied politely, looking at the other person's retreating back, slightly raising the corners of his mouth, revealing a bad smile.