Wu Shiliang lowered his head and said nothing, feeling extremely regretful that he should not have accepted the fifty taels of silver.
He was engaged in big business, so he didn't expect that he would be interested in this fifty taels of silver. It seems that when a businessman makes a fortune, he will pay attention to details and other aspects.
After Yin Jian's advice from Bu Huishu, he understood that the problem lay with Liu Erxiu. Instead of looking for nearby witnesses, he found people hundreds of miles away.
This is the biggest doubt point because it is inconsistent with common sense.
"Wu Shiliang, tell me, did you see Zhou Dong beating Liu Erxiu?" Yin Jian asked.
"No."
"So, has Liu Erxiu seen you?"
"No. I wasn't there at the time. I was doing business in Shanxi and didn't go see it at all. I really don't know what the situation was," Wu Shiliang said.
"What's going on? Liu Erxiu didn't ask anyone else to testify, so why did he just ask you? Tell me!" Yin Jian said.
"Sir, Xiaomin is in business. Liu Erxiu met Xiaomin at Zuiyuelou. Because Zuiyuelou is a famous brothel, Liu Erxiu and Xiaomin have the same interests. This means they have common interests and can be said to be like-minded. That's it.
We have a common language, and we can talk together. If the two people's ideas are almost the same, they will ask each other for something, and it is difficult to refuse."
"You just agreed?"
"Yes."
"Don't you know this? Are you going to jail for perjury?" Yin Jian asked.
"Young people know you are wrong." Wu Shiliang said.
"This is not a mistake, it is a violation of the law."
"Okay! I will forgive you because you committed a crime for the first time and confessed. I will treat you leniently. I will not hold you responsible, but you have to bear responsibility. What responsibility? If you don't go to jail, you will be beaten, and the relatives of the deceased will be found.
, you can give some gold and silver as compensation." Yin Jian said.
"Okay, I am willing. Thank you sir for your leniency." Wu Shiliang said.
"No need. However, you must sign and stamp the confession document." Yin Jian said.
"This is no problem." Wu Shiliang said.
The investigation here has made it clear that Yin Jian has confidence, and with Bu Huishu's guidance, he is acting according to his instructions.
After getting to know the people, then look at the river.
Need to go to the site.
Liu Erxiu's home is by the river. There are many bamboo poles in the river, but I don't know what they are used for.
After inquiring, I found out that those were local river mussels that cultivated pearls. Bamboo poles were set up on wooden piles in the river. There were a lot of bamboo poles set up horizontally on the wooden piles. There were some nets wrapped around the bamboo poles to fix the river mussels for collecting pearls.
It is necessary to open the river mussel. To open the river mussel, one must first insert fine sand and gravel into the river mussel.
Some stakes are above the water, and some are below the water.
There are planks across the wooden piles, forming a bridge that leads directly to Liu Erxiu's home.
Yin Jian didn't know it until he was at the scene, but he understood it immediately after taking a look. He then asked the police to examine it and found a problem, that is, the deceased's fatal injury was in the chest and heart area.
It did not conform to what Liu Erxiu said, but she was beaten to death by Zhou Dong. At the same time, Zhou Dong also beat Liu Erxiu and knocked Liu Erxiu to the ground.
After Liu Erxiu was knocked unconscious, he could still see Wu Shiliang passing by the scene of the crime. This is very strange! Could it be that after Liu Erxiu passed out, his eyes could not see, but his soul could see?
In this case, the place where the deceased was injured and died was inconsistent with Liu Erxiu's description, and they were recorded in the record one by one.
In other words, the deceased was pushed into the river, his heart hit a bamboo pole in the river, and he was stabbed to death by the bamboo pole. He was not attacked from behind and beaten to death.
Zuo Zuo recorded the examination of the deceased one by one and gave the text of the autopsy report to Yin Jian for review.
After ascertaining the facts of the case, Yin Jian caught Liu Erxiu and began the trial.
Liu Erxiu didn't know that Yin Jian had thoroughly investigated the case, but still insisted that it was Zhou Dong who bullied others, killed people, and colluded with the local yamen, and the local yamen specially protected Zhou Dong.
It is because Zhou Dong is good at using money to clear the way, so that all the local government officials serve Zhou Dong. Zhou Dong has become the treasury of the local government officials, and he can take whatever he wants.
When the people in Xiangcheng County, Nanyang received the report, they were scared to death because they knew that Liu Erxiu was a well-known person who was good at taking advantage of loopholes and being good at pretending. Once he wanted to sue a county magistrate, he would force the county magistrate to step down.
As a result, the master of Xiangcheng County was afraid that he could not afford to offend such a person. He looked like a good person but was actually a bad guy.
After a long time, everyone knew it, and outsiders who didn't understand it thought he was a good person. After knowing the truth of the matter, Yin Jian took Liu Erxiu to the court for trial.
"Who is kneeling?" Yin Jian asked.
"Caomin Liu Erxiu."
"Liu Erxiu, I want to ask you, do you confess truthfully, or do you want a large-scale service? If you want to use severe torture, I will satisfy your curiosity and let you taste various torture instruments." Yin Jian asked.
"Sir, the common people have not broken any laws, so why do they have to beat them into submission? You know, you can't use torture to extract confessions. Otherwise, it would be hard to tell."
"Are you saying you want to sue the Censor?" Yin Jian asked.
"That's not even certain."
"Bold Liu Erxiu, are you threatening me? Left and right, knock Liu Erxiu to the ground, hit 30 big boards first, let Liu Erxiu wake up." Yin Jian ordered, pulled out the red lottery ticket, and was about to throw it out, only to see Liu Erxiu "pop"
" He knelt down. When Liu Erxiu saw the situation, he knew that something bad had happened. He must have met a ruthless person. He had long heard that Yin Jian had solved the case 100%. In Yin Jian's view, this case seemed to be heard by Yin Jian through clairvoyance.
Same. Sophistry and lying don't seem to work.
If we don't tell him, he will definitely suffer serious damage. For example, if he is executed in Lingchi, that would be tragic. Or if he were quartered by five horses, it would be even more terrifying. Thinking about it makes people shudder.
"My lord, all the common people must confess," Liu Erxiu said.
"You're pretty sensible! Just say it. If you say it, you'll avoid any disadvantages." Yin Jian said.
"Cao Min once borrowed money from Zhou Dong and agreed on a repayment time. However, after Cao Min borrowed the money, he quickly squandered it. When the repayment date came, it was a pity that he had no money to pay back. Borrowing money to do business is actually a lie.
, either for business or for personal enjoyment, and I never thought about how to pay back the money. The result was tragic. Zhou Dong is a very serious person, and he never expected that he would have to ask the common people to repay the money. The common people really had no idea.
I just thought of a way, which is to put Zhou Dong in prison until he is sentenced to death, or sent to the frontier, where he will not be able to come back for the rest of his life. In this way, the common people do not have to pay back the money." Liu Erxiu said.
"What did you do next?" Yin Jian asked.
"Later, the grassroots adopted an old beggar woman as their godmother, in order to prepare for what was to come," Liu Erxiu said.
"How did you prepare?" Yin Jian asked.
"She is a beggar. She has no parents, children, or siblings. If she is killed, it will be like killing a dog. The grassroots recognize her as their godmother. Most people will not suspect that the grassroots murdered the godmother. They can only suspect Zhou Dong.
This is what Cao Min's plan is. Normally, Cao Min is very kind to his godmother, just to let everyone see that Cao Min is a filial son. In this way, since he is a filial son, he will never do anything harmful to nature. As a result, to people's expectation, Cao Min
In this way, the plan was completed." Liu Erxiu said.
"How did you implement the plan?" Yin Jian asked.
"Caomin was at home waiting for Zhou Dong to come to collect debts. Because I was afraid that he wouldn't come. If he didn't come, I would still be troubled. But he did come. I asked my godmother to walk in front, and Caomin hid behind her.
"
"Then what?" Yin Jian asked.
"When we were crossing the river, there was a bridge connecting the outside with the grassroots' homes. The grassroots knew the situation of the river very well, but Zhou Dong certainly didn't. It means that there are many bamboo poles under the bridge. If someone falls, they will either die or be injured.
." Liu Erxiu said.
"How did you operate at that time?" Yin Jian asked.
"When the grass people observed Zhou Dong appearing on the bridge, they asked the godmother to greet him. Then the grass people hid behind the godmother. When he was not prepared, he pushed the godmother into the river. There was a bamboo pole in the river, and he stabbed the godmother.
, the godmother died. The common people shouted, saying that Zhou Dong bullied others, hurt innocent people, and then pretended to be in a coma and died. Sure enough, Zhou Dong had never seen such a world and was scared away. After the common people 'woke up', they
Report it to the official immediately." Liu Erxiu said.
"Really?" Yin Jian asked.
"As expected!" Liu Erxiu said.
"I would like to confirm again, was it you who killed the old woman?"
"That's right. It's the grassroots people."
"What's the purpose?"
"Let Zhou Dong be imprisoned unjustly, and eventually be sentenced or executed. Then the money borrowed by ordinary people will not have to be repaid."
"Bold Liu Erxiu, haven't you ever thought about it? If the case is solved and Zhou Dong is wrongly accused and vindicated, do you know what the consequences will be if the real murderer is found?" Yin Jian said.
"I know, I will be executed in Lingchi." Liu Erxiu said.
"You are quite sensible. So, the case has been solved, Liu Erxiu, wait a while and the clerk will let you read what you said. If there is no problem, sign and stamp it." Yin Jian said.
"Okay, thank you sir. All the above are true. If not, I am willing to be punished, have no regrets, and be killed at the neck." Liu Erxiu said.
"Okay! Then I will help you. If you want Zhou Dong to go to the frontier, then I will satisfy your yearning for the frontier and go there in Zhou Dong's place. However, a beating is inevitable. I will give you eighty slaps.
When you get to the border, if you perform well, you might be able to come back. If you don't perform well, then stay there, protect the country, and serve the country," Yin Jian said.
"Thank you for not killing me, sir," Liu Erxiu said.
"However, the fact that I have sentenced you to death does not mean that you will not die in the future. If you can reach the border, you will still have to suffer after arriving at the border. If you can endure the harsh conditions there, then you will be able to survive. Otherwise, you will not be able to.
Survival. As the saying goes, life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are in heaven." Yin Jian said.
"I didn't die this time because I showed mercy. What happens in the future depends entirely on my own destiny," Liu Erxiu said.
"Okay, you sign and stamp the confession, type it up and put it in the prison, and then set out on a day. Come back," Yin Jian ordered.
Everyone shouted and then dispersed.
Yin Jian's reputation for solving the case spread far and wide, which was actually attributed to Bu Huishu.
Bu Huishu doesn't like publicity and likes to work behind the scenes.
One time when Bu Huishu went to a teahouse, Yin Jian happened to be there too. They met unexpectedly and were very happy.
Bu Huishu is famous for his love of tea, and the teahouse also knows about this master. The business has been booming recently because the shop has a special treasure.
What baby is it?
The store has an ancestral treasure - a clay pot. This clay pot has some origins. It is said that it was a gift to the previous emperor when he was in the palace, because the emperor also loved to drink tea. The emperor used it
These things are naturally valuable and are cultural relics. In addition, this pottery pot is exquisitely made and has great collection value.
I heard that the store had a treasure, and everyone was very interested and wanted to see this pottery pot that was used by the emperor.
Originally, this teahouse was of high quality, very sophisticated and beautifully decorated. It was considered one of the best teahouses in the area.
Many literati came here because they wanted to gain some immortality. They enjoyed drinking tea in such a teahouse. The owner himself is also very qualified and influential in the local area.
This time I got an heirloom pottery pot and it became even more famous.
Yin Jian and Bu Huishu were drinking tea when they saw a rich man coming in. This rich man was gorgeously dressed and had extraordinary skills. Because the guests in the teahouse were either rich or noble, the shop owner was very happy for their arrival and was willing to use them.
Use expensive utensils to entertain distinguished guests. This rich man is his distinguished guest.
The distinguished guest asked: "Boss, please take out your family heirloom and have a look."
Of course the store owner was happy and proud, and said, "No problem."
As he said this, he took out the clay pot.
The rich man took the pottery pot with both hands, observed it carefully, and played with it with both hands. After a long time, he refused to put it down and returned it to the shop owner.
Bu Huishu said: "Master, this rich man has evil intentions and wants to exchange the civet cat for the prince."
"I understand." Yin Jian said.
"You bold and unruly man, don't think too much about stealing this pottery pot. I'm here. If you try to do anything wrong again, I'll be careful to question you!" Yin Jian yelled out in one voice, frightening the rich man.
The rich man said in a trembling voice: "Just for a look, just for a look!"
As he spoke, he left the teahouse with a blushing face.
When the shop owner saw this, he asked, "May I ask if you are County Magistrate Yin of the county government?"
"Exactly!" Yin Jian said.
"Why do you say this? Do you have fiery eyes and golden eyes? Is it Sun Wukong? If so, please tell me the reason." asked the boss.
"The visitor is a rich man, and he is also well-dressed, but his eyes are wandering. He may have come prepared. When he comes, he directly asks for the treasure of the store. He may want to see what is special about this pottery pot, and then
He will go back and imitate one. After imitating it, he will bring it. When someone is not prepared, he will put the fake pottery pot here and take away the real pottery pot. If the boss does not have the treasure of the store, the boss will only repay
Officials may not be able to get them back," Yin Jian said.
"Then how did the master find out?"
"This depends on the master's judgment. The master is very smart and has the ability to predict. He could predict the rich man's plan, so he asked me to tell him. As expected, it scared the rich man away. I didn't expect this.