Scroll of Xinzi, Grass Tree under the Setting Sun, Section 63, Mysterious Case, Lost (2)
Feng Ziying was silent.
He was unexpected to involve Concubine Zheng.
I originally thought it was just an ordinary murder case. Whether it was for love, hatred or money, as long as there was a context to follow, the case should not be difficult to solve. However, I didn't expect that there were also these off-site factors involved. Then
It's a bit tricky.
However, such a case has become well-known throughout the prefecture, and it has also been reported to the Ministry of Punishment, which sent it back for further investigation. Even if Concubine Zheng wanted to cover the lid, she would be hard pressed to do so.
Then I thought about it, that's what it should be. If these factors hadn't come into play, would it really be true that the Shuntian Government Office and the Tongzhou Government Office, from pushing officials to serving as first-class officers in the execution room and even as three-shift police officers, had to work for a living? People have been engaged in this line of work for many years.
How could it be easily fooled? There must be other factors involved.
“Is there anything else?” After a long time, Feng Ziying said slowly.
“And.” Li Wenzheng nodded.
“What else?” Feng Ziying was stunned for a moment.
At first, he asked casually, but unexpectedly, Li Wenzheng responded solemnly, "What else? What else?"
Feng Ziying looked at the other party, really surprised. Is this case so complicated?
The Zheng family is suspected of being involved in the rape of an adulterer, and the Su family is suspected of hiring a murderer. On the one hand, it is difficult to investigate deeply, and the clues are vague and difficult to find out. On the other hand, there are many people involved, and the possible murderer may have gone away long ago, making it difficult to find out.
Feng Ziying found the search very challenging. Unexpectedly, Li Wenzheng said, "Also, is there any hidden secret?"
“Well, sir, the reason why this case is so involved and has caused such a big material controversy is because there are several parties involved, all of whom are suspected of committing the crime, and none of them can prove their innocence...”
"As Mrs. Zheng said, she was at home alone that night, and there was no one else to prove it. Her son went to study at an academy in the capital city and did not usually come back. The surrounding neighbors were all far away, so they could not provide evidence.
…”
"Two of the brothers in the Su family could prove that they were at home that night, but they could not prove whether they went out in the middle of the night. Another one said that he was drunk and slept next to a firewood pile outside a casino, but the casino was over there.
It only proves that this guy came to the casino to gamble and left at midnight, saying that he was not drunk, but just had a few drinks. No one has proved that he slept next to the firewood pile all night, let alone if he was hired to kill someone.
If so, there is no need for them to come forward at all..."
“My subordinates are also talking about Jiang Ziqi, who is doing business in partnership with Su Daqiang. He is also very suspicious.” Li Wenzheng then changed the subject, “And the suspicion is the biggest.”
"Oh?" Feng Ziying felt a headache. There were two parties with murder motives and suspicions before. Now the biggest suspect is the business partner who did business with Su Daqiang? How hated is Su Daqiang? There are so many people.
Want him to die?
"Tell me about it, I'm becoming more and more interested in this case. If I don't find out more about it, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat well." Feng Ziying simply said, "Since this case is about Wu Fuyin
It is very likely that it will be thrown on my head, so I have to prepare well and early."
"Jiang Ziqi is a big family in Miao County. The Jiang family has always had contacts with the Su family. Miao County is not far from Tongzhou. Many merchants in Miao County prefer to buy land and build houses near Tongzhou Pier to facilitate business operations. The same goes for Su Daqiang and Jiang Ziqi.
They have been business partners for many years, but in recent years Jiang Ziqi got involved in gambling, and the family suffered a rapid loss. It is said that starting from the year before last, Jiang Ziqi failed to keep up his business accounts twice, which aroused Su Daqiang's suspicion, and the two had a relatively fierce argument over this.
There was a dispute, and this time the two of them made an appointment to go to Suzhou together, just to reconcile the accounts, and of course there was also some business..."
Li Wenzheng’s introduction brought Jiang Ziqi’s possibility to the surface again.
"Well, Wen Zheng, what you are saying is that Su Daqiang suspected that Jiang Ziqi had swallowed up several payments, or falsely reported the amount, and pocketed his own money. This aroused Su Daqiang's suspicion, so he went to Suzhou to reconcile the accounts and verify them clearly. In this way, Jiang Ziqi
Worried about being exposed, you took the first step and killed Su Daqiang?"
Feng Ziying frowned: "Have they been checked in Suzhou? Is there anything fishy about Jiang Ziqi?"
"Sir, now that Su Daqiang is dead, only Jiang Ziqi, the partner, can explain the accounts clearly. Jiang Ziqi was always in charge of contacting Suzhou in the early stage, and Su Daqiang was mainly responsible for contacting the business in Hangzhou. Now we need to check this
, I’m afraid it doesn’t make much sense. No one in the Su family knows their business situation in the south over the years. Even the shopkeeper hired by Su Daqiang only knows that the source of goods is Suzhou and Hangzhou. Su Daqiang’s servant only knows the name of the owner of the goods there.
I have never interacted with him at all, and Su Daqiang doesn’t trust outsiders very much. He basically doesn’t tell his family about these business matters.”
The more Feng Ziying listened, the more her hands felt hot.
Li Wenzheng didn’t say it to death, but if he goes by what he said, with Su Daqiang dead, the business in Suzhou will basically be decided by Jiang Ziqi.
If Jiang Ziqi had the intention, he should have wiped out these flaws long ago. Ordinary people cannot find out the problem. Only his partner Su Daqiang knows the fishiness. Perhaps it is this reason that forced Jiang Ziqi to take the murderous action.
“But Jiang Ziqi is a major suspect in any case. According to what you said before, Wen Zheng, Jiang Ziqi did not stay at home that night, but went to the dock warehouse. Who can confirm that he stayed in the warehouse that night?”
Feng Ziying asked immediately.
"No one can confirm that Jiang Ziqi, who worked the night shift in the warehouse that night, did come, but when he arrived before midnight, they all fell asleep, and the room where Jiang Ziqi slept was a separate room, which was different from theirs.
Adjacent, they were unable to confirm whether Jiang Ziqi went out that night..."
Li Wenzheng’s early investigation work was very detailed, and basically everything that should be investigated was investigated.
“How can the government believe Jiang Ziqi’s excuse?” Feng Ziying thinks that the Shuntian government office is not so kind and harmless, right?
“Sir, one of Jiang Ziqi’s uncles is Jiang Xuchuan, the censor of Henan Province of the Duchayuan, and his other brother, Jiang Ziliang, is the minister of Yousi of Dali Temple. The Jiang family in Miao County is one of the largest scholarly families in Northern Zhili...”
Feng Ziying really wanted to say "F*ck".
Every suspect has a background, and no one dares to touch them, so why investigate a nonsense case?
Why is it that everyone in the Shuntian government office can only stare?
You can’t use torture to extract a confession. Is this a damn case in this era?
"Wen Zheng, according to what you said, no one can move, and we can only rely on persuading them to sincerely repent, plead guilty and commit suicide?" Feng Ziying chuckled, "There are so many dignitaries in the capital city. In one year, Shuntian Mansion and Daxing,
Wanping and Ping counties should simply stop handling the case and imitate the Ministry of Rites in educating them."
Li Wenzheng was not angry at being shunned by Feng Ziying, "Sir, this is the difference between Shuntian Mansion and other mansions. Without enough evidence or certainty, you really can't act rashly when you encounter this kind of character, otherwise, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will
Impeachment can be carried out at any time, and the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment can directly intervene and give us the label of being tortured to extract confessions. Maybe a case that has been worked hard to solve may be reversed in the blink of an eye and become a serious injustice."
This is the experience of experienced officials. In Shuntian Mansion, you are not as far away from the emperor as in other places. You can do whatever you want behind closed doors. Here, anyone from any house can get involved with the big bosses in the capital city.
Among us, a Zheng family can involve Concubine Zheng, and a Jiang Ziqi can also get involved with the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Minister of Dali Temple. All of them are qualified to have a hand in it. No wonder this case has been like this.
"Wen Zheng, let's not beat around the bush. Do you think that if we have to re-examine this case in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, where should we start?" Feng Ziying stood up, clasped her hands behind her back, and paced back and forth, "In my opinion,
, this murder case is logically the easiest one to solve. It can never be separated from its origin, which is nothing more than vendetta, love murder and financial murder. Which one do you think is the most likely?"
"Su Daqiang should have brought close to 150 taels of gold that night. According to what Zheng said, it was twenty taels and seven ingots of gold ingots. There were also some scattered gold leaves. As for the scattered silver taels, they were not included.
, but when Su Daqiang’s body was found, the leather bag he carried with him was missing.”
Li Wenzheng strongly agrees with Feng Ziying’s statement that murder is only caused by hatred, love and wealth.
He didn't expect that Xiao Feng Xiuzuan was so proficient in solving crimes. The details he asked were all key. People who are not experts would not understand. No wonder he is well-known in the capital. This is someone with real talent and knowledge. Maybe this case
The case that has made everyone angry can really be solved in the hands of Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan.
Thinking of this, Li Wenzheng was also quite excited. When he met a boss who was willing to listen to other people's opinions, but was very familiar with solving cases, and had a strong personality, maybe this case could really be solved.
It was broken on his hand.
By the time Li Wenzheng introduced the case clearly, it was already dark.
The case files are kept in the execution room. Unclosed cases like this are not allowed to be archived directly. It is not easy to read them. Various procedures must be signed and stamped.
Feng Ziying simply did not go home for the time being, but began to read the entire case file overnight.
Feng Ziying was dizzy after reading several large volumes of case files. She had not yet reached one-fifth of them. It would probably take a month to finish reading the files one by one.
It was not until two o'clock in the morning that Feng Ziying returned to the house with a tired pace, and the Xue sisters felt Feng Ziying's tiredness and their own shortcomings of being powerless in these aspects.
