The snow has become heavier again, and the previously granular snowflakes have turned into light flakes.
The pitch-black iron coffin was almost half white, giving off a bone-chilling chill.
People in the courtyard bundled up their clothes and were still standing on tiptoes, crowding around and looking up at the court hall, for fear of missing something.
Tsk tsk...
Well...
well……
A group of neighbors circled around the Taoist priest's body, but no one could confirm that the body was the Qiu Yongnian they knew.
"Hey," Liu Dong stamped his feet anxiously, "You guys are talking? Do you recognize me? Do you recognize me?"
"Sir, it's not that we can't recognize him, it's just..." the middle-aged man frying fried dough sticks pointed at the body and said, "This person is really hard to recognize!"
"Yes, yes!" Others immediately agreed.
But seeing that the face of the deceased was distorted and extremely hideous, it was indeed difficult to identify him.
"To be honest," the middle-aged man frowned at first, and then said, "This dead man does have some similarities with the Qiu Yongnian I know, but it is just a similarity. If you want me to confirm, I can't confirm it!"
"Yes," the woman said, "Actually, we haven't seen Yongnian for many years. I'm really, really not sure!"
As she said this, she timidly glanced at the living "Qiu Yongnian" next to her, with fear on her face and uneasiness in her heart.
At this time, the censor Chen Taiji also came to the corpse, grabbed the deceased's right hand, and checked the tiger's mouth.
His intention was obvious, that is, to see if there were any burns on the deceased's mouth?
However, I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but there happened to be a penetrating wound on the tiger's mouth on the deceased's right hand. The penetrating wound penetrated the entire tiger's mouth. After healing, it was impossible to tell whether he had been burned before.
"Have you seen it?" Xu Zun said, standing behind Chen Taiji, "How meticulous have they been? This is definitely not a group of ordinary criminals, they must have a lot of background!
"Now I finally know why they ended up using snake venom to kill people," he shook his head and sighed, "so that the face of the deceased could be made difficult to recognize.
"Even if we find someone who knows the Japanese assassin in the future, it will be difficult to determine, right?"
really.
Everything in front of him was beyond Xu Zun's imagination.
He originally thought that both the real and fake Qiu Yongnian were here. As long as these people who knew Qiu Yongnian were found to identify him, the truth would be revealed.
But I never expected that such a result would occur.
Logically speaking, if the Taoist priest is really Qiu Yongnian, then the fake Qiu Yongnian should not be able to recognize these neighbors at a glance just based on oral description.
This is a historical world. There are no photos or videos. How did the fake Qiu Yongnian do it?
Unless...he has personally been to Nangeng, met these people with his own eyes, and memorized all their appearances and detailed information!
Wow……
very scary!
Xu Zun felt a chill on his back. This fake Qiu Yongnian was really extraordinary!
However, even if such a situation occurs now, Xu Zun has never doubted his judgment.
He still firmly believes that the Qiu Yongnian in front of him is - a fake!!!
"Alas..." Cai Kun looked at the heavy snow outside and then at the people in front of him, shook his head and sighed, "This case is getting more and more evil!"
"Yes," Chen Taiji squatted on the ground and agreed, "We can neither judge that the dead Qiu Yongnian is real, nor can we judge that the living Qiu Yongnian is fake!
"Chen has been handling cases for many years, and this is the first time in his life that he has seen him."
"What you two gentlemen said is absolutely true," the governor Li Yan followed. "It stands to reason that if Magistrate Qiu can recognize these old neighbors, it can be proved that he is not fake.
"But unfortunately, his old mother and brother's family disappeared innocently, which is difficult to judge!
"I don't know," he asked everyone, "does Magistrate Qiu have any other relatives besides his mother and brother's family?"
"How about..." the thief Liu Dong came up with an idea, "let's shave off these two people's beards and let them recognize each other properly?"
"My lords!" At this time, Qiu Yongnian gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "Isn't it enough to make things like this?
"You are all officials of the imperial court. You should know that evidence is required in everything, let alone a major case?" Qiu Yongnian said impassionedly, "Since the evidence Xu Zun presented is invalid, shouldn't we get to the point?
"Have you all forgotten that Mr. Cai is going to court this time to interrogate the criminals of the Iron Coffin case?" He said seriously, "Xu Zun and Shen Tiande are the criminals. It seems that you have tried the wrong person, right?"
Qiu Yongnian's words caused the scene to be completely silent. The neighbors were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground and did not dare to express their anger.
Zhizhi...
At this moment, only County Prime Minister Luo Wanwan was still moving his chair back, wishing he could get as far away from the people in front of him as possible.
"Lord Cai," Qiu Yongnian said again, "Qiu, thanks to the emperor's grace, is devoted to the country and the country. He reflects on himself every day and does not dare to slack off in the slightest.
"However, as a disciple of the Emperor, Qiu is not at the mercy of others!
"If we continue to push each other hard and make groundless accusations, Qiu will definitely show everything that happened today to the Holy One and let the power of God take away it, hum!"
Qiu Yongnian spoke loudly and solemnly. After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and sat back on the chair with great enthusiasm.
this……
The scene was deathly silent again, and the governor Li Yan quickly waved his hands to Liu Dong and others, and drove him and Qiu Yongnian's neighbors out of the hall.
"well……"
At this time, a sigh came from behind Xu Zun.
Turning around, he saw that the person sighing was none other than Shen Gong Shen Tiande, but he saw the old man sitting in the courtroom, dead and in a state of old age.
"Father..."
Xu Zun felt a wave of emotion in his heart. For some reason, when he saw this kind-faced old man, he felt particularly kind and couldn't bear to see him suffer.
"Xu Zun," Mr. Shen waved to Xu Zun and said, "Come, sit down! I know you have tried your best!"
When Mr. Shen said this, Shen Qian and Huo Anu suddenly looked desperate.
They thought that the case could be overturned, but they didn't expect that after so much effort, it still failed!
"If Brother Changlin has a son, you can rest assured knowing that Quanxia knows it!" Shen Tiande comforted Xu Zun, "It doesn't matter, let's find a way, I still have some connections in the court, this case will definitely be entangled with them to the end...
…”
"Father..." Unexpectedly, Xu Zun did not sit down, but said to Shen Tiande, "It would be too embarrassing if such a small case cannot be solved!
"Don't worry, I haven't made any big moves yet!"
"Oh?" Shen Tiande was surprised.
"Big move? What do you mean?" Huo Anu next to him looked suspicious, "Why does it sound like you are about to fart?"
"..." Xu Zun's forehead was covered with black lines, and he immediately turned around and snapped his fingers at Cai Kun.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"
Hearing the snap of his fingers, Cai Kun suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed. The laughter was sudden, but extremely full, as if he had really encountered something ridiculous.
"Hahaha..." Cai Kun laughed so hard that people stared at him.
However, when Cai Kun had laughed enough, he suddenly shouted:
"Do it!!!"
As a result, two chains rose up in the air and crossed over Qiu Yongnian's chest. As the guards behind him tightened the chains, Qiu Yongnian was firmly tied to the chair!
At the same moment, the guards in the courtyard also attacked at the same time, pulling out more than a dozen people from the crowd, kicking them over one by one, and tying them with ropes.
Immediately afterwards, several more guards from the Internal Guard House escorted a dozen people in from outside the compound.
These people dress up in different styles and come from all walks of life in Xinye County. Some are weavers, some sell rice, some deliver letters, and run hotels, etc.
They were all tied up and brought to the court...
"Hahahaha..." This time, it was Xu Zun's turn to look up to the sky and laugh. He came to Qiu Yongnian and said forcefully, "Get ready for my ultimate move! Haha..."