Su Rong put a bowl of food on it and said, "Master, you haven't rested yet. How can I, a maid, take a rest first? I asked the kitchen to cook a bowl of lotus seed soup. Master, you can try it first."
Duan Fei hummed and continued to immerse himself in the case. Su Rong became curious, stretched out her head to look at it, and said, "Is this the case that Mr. Ma handed over to the young master? These cases seem to be quite simple."
"Oh? Is it easy? Tell me about it?" Duan Fei raised his head in surprise, looked at Su Rong and encouraged.
Su Rong said: "Of course you can't get any clues from these case files. If you question the plaintiff and the defendant face to face, you may be able to tell who is lying. Su Rong is still somewhat confident in reading people."
"Really? What do you think of me?" Duan Fei asked with a smile.
Su Rong frowned and said, "Sir, your current appearance makes me feel numb."
Duan Fei chuckled, stopped joking with her, and said: "Even if you know they lie, what's the use? Should you just arrest them and slap them? I'm not that kind of stupid officer who has to use torture to solve the case. I have a clever plan.
They confessed voluntarily, so you don’t need to wait for me, go and rest first.”
Su Rong blinked and said, "Sir, can I go handle the case with you tomorrow? The doctor said that being bored at home is not good for my health, and I also want to see with my own eyes your master's clever plan to solve the case."
"Really? You don't believe me?" Duan Fei rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not the prefect, so you can't go to court with me, but we won't go back to the Yamen until the end tomorrow. You want to come and have a look?
No problem."
"Thank you, Master." Su Rong pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Su Rong went back to rest. Master, I also rested earlier. We have a long day ahead, so don't be too tired."
Duan Fei picked up the lotus seed soup and took a big sip. He waved his hand and Su Rong left. After finishing the lotus seed soup, Duan Fei read the files for a while and finally went back to his room to rest.
Early the next morning, Duan Fei went to the government office to see Mr. Ma, borrowed a few local agents, and then led a group of aggressive agents towards Nancheng.
The first thing he had to deal with was a neighborhood dispute. The plaintiff, whose surname was Li Mingchen, sued his neighbor Lian for falsely accusing him of 500 taels of silver. The reason was that Li Chen originally borrowed 800 taels of silver from Lian to do business and wrote an IOU to mortgage the house.
Li Chen came back after making some money from business. When he paid back the money, he first paid five
One hundred taels, and I plan to pay back the rest when I make a profit from doing business next time. Because the relationship with the neighbors has always been good, I didn’t ask for the original IOU and write another one. Unexpectedly, when Li Chen paid back the money for the second time, Lian suddenly changed.
Face, he insisted that Li Chen had not paid back a penny and wanted him to pay back eight hundred taels of silver.
At this time, Li Chen regretted it so much that he had to write a petition and file a complaint to the Shangyuan County Government. Seeing that Li Chen could not provide evidence, the Shangyuan County Magistrate convicted him of false accusation. Li Chen was beaten and had to pay back the money. He couldn't be more angry.
The complaint was brought to the government office. It happened that the emperor came to Yingtian Mansion on his southern tour. The magistrate had no choice but to suppress the case for the time being, so as not to beat this kid out and then he would go out and block the street to file a complaint.
All the evidence was against Li Chen, but Duan Fei believed him. A liar would never complain again and again without evidence. Besides, he also asked the policeman who had seen Li Chen and his neighbor Pida.
Everyone thought that Li Chen was an honest man, but his neighbor Pida didn't seem so honest.
Early in the morning, a group of policemen suddenly appeared in front of Pida's house. They banged on the door of Pida's house and urged: "Open the door, Pida, open the door! Something big has happened!"
Pida was sleeping soundly in his arms with his wife in his arms. Suddenly he heard someone knocking on the door. He hurriedly got up, put on his clothes and opened the door. Before he could complain, the wolf-like official had already thrown him to the ground.
, and immediately tied them up.
"Master, what crime have I committed? Why are you arresting me!" Pida was tied up and left at the door to watch. Several police officers from Yangzhou were guarding him, and the other police officers rushed into his room.
In an instant, Pida's wife was heard screaming from inside: "Robbers... ah... come on, there are robbers!"
Soon a group of people gathered at Pida's door to watch. After hearing Pida's words, Duan Fei sneered: "Pida, we are Yangzhou policemen. We came here specially for you. You have committed a crime!"
Hearing the Yangzhou pronunciation in his mouth, Pi Da was stunned. Shi Bin said to the onlookers: "Two days ago, we in Yangzhou Prefecture captured a group of thieves and confessed that they stored more than a thousand taels of silver ingots obtained from robbery and murder in Yingtian.
The owner of the big den in Dingjia Lane is Pi Da's family, so we were sent by your Excellency to arrest Pi and collect the stolen money, and then escorted us back to Yangzhou to await trial."
The onlookers screamed and whispered, but Pida shouted in shock: "It's impossible, I'm wronged, I'm not a thief, I didn't hide the stolen money, I'm not the owner of the nest!"
Suddenly cheers came from the room, and the local police officers shouted: "Found it, found the stolen money!"
A policeman trotted out, raised his hands to Duan Fei and said, "Captain Duan, we found dozens of large silver ingots at Pi's house, about seven hundred taels."
Duan Fei snorted and said to Pida: "Pida, you say you are unjust, then let me ask you, why do you have so much silver in your home? Is it because you are used to sleeping on the silver ingots at night?"
Pida opened his mouth, but the only explanation was already given by Duan Fei sarcastically. He couldn't find an excuse at the moment. How could ordinary people have so much money at home? Most of his money was paid back by Li Chen, in order to avoid leaving money behind.
Even without evidence, he didn't dare to take it to the bank and exchange it for banknotes, so he kept them piled in the cabinet. Unexpectedly, he was found out today.
Duan Fei didn't give him time to think, and continued to ask: "Since you can't tell the origin of the silver, it must be stolen by thieves. Now it's both stolen and stolen. Come and take Pida and all the stolen silver together."
Take him back to the government office and escort him to Yangzhou Luo immediately after Master Ma, the prefect, confirms it! This is a major theft case. If Pida wants to escape, break his legs!"
The detectives picked up Pida like a wolf, and Pida felt himself flying up without stopping. Seeing that the familiar doorstep was getting further and further away from him, Pida was so frightened that he couldn't help shouting:
"That's not stolen money. It's the money that Li Chen next door paid me back. That's not stolen money..."
"Oh? That's the money that Li Chen next door paid you back?" The detectives put down Pida and said in unison, and then Duan Fei sneered: "You said this is the money that Li Chen next door paid back to you. What do you think?
evidence?"
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Li Chen to testify for me. The money was really returned to me by Li Chen." Pida was so fooled by the Yangzhou accent of these arrests that he didn't even think about anything else.
Duan Fei cupped his hands and said, "Everyone, please bear witness. This guy said that Li Chen paid him back the silver. The total amount found was more than 700 taels, which means that Li Chen owed him 800 taels of silver."
The two pieces of silver have been paid off in full. Do you think this is right?" dd