ancient criminal minds

Lu Xun helped Lu Zheng stabilize the official of the official department, so that Lu Zheng had time to make arrangements.

From Lu Zheng's point of view, Jin Hanxuan is calm and introverted. Although he rarely interacts with him, it is enough to convince people of his character and ability. If he hadn't talked with Jiang Sanniang, Lu Zheng It was impossible to suspect that Jin Hanxuan was the leader of a gang of theft and murder.

What Lu Zheng has to do now is to produce absolute evidence so that he cannot quibble.

And this breakthrough point lies in the case of Jiang Sanniang's fiancé, Chai Shuang.

Compared with the other cases committed by the red thieves, this case was probably the only one they misjudged.There are two possibilities. The first is that there is a problem with Chai Shuang's identity, but it has not been revealed yet. The second possibility is that Chai Shuang will be detrimental to Jiang Sanniang. The most likely one is that Chai Shuang knows about Jiang Sanniang. The identity of the third mother.

It can be seen from this that no matter what the reason is, Jin Hanxuan will not let Jiang Sanniang's identity be exposed, but he probably never thought that he already knew Jiang Sanniang's identity.

Hearing that the new Lieutenant Lu was going to retry Chai Shuang's case, many good people were talking about it, and Jiang Sanniang also pretended to thank Lord Qingtian.

Lu Zheng looked at the file from that year, and asked Gu Xiang beside him, "Do you think there is anything wrong with this file?"

Gu Xiang frowned and said: "This case file is too vague. The cause of death, the murder weapon, and the real place of death of the deceased are not stated. It is a bit irresponsible for the chief judge to close the case like this."

Gu Xiang's father was originally a lawyer, but he was implicated in a case and lost his job, and then died in depression. Gu Xiang has followed his father's ears and eyes since he was a child. Among other things, he is better than Lu Zheng in writing case files. There are too many majors.

Not everyone can write the case files these days, after all, a single word difference in the case files can make a huge difference in sentencing.For example, if a person's wife is raped, he kills in anger, and murder is a proper death sentence. If the case file truthfully states "A certain wife was raped, then murdered." No matter how lucky this person is, he will be sentenced to exile. But if it is changed to "A certain wife was raped, she was ashamed and angry and wanted to die, and a certain person used his wife to live, and then killed the raper in anger." Probably many officials will give a light sentence on the grounds of extrajudicial mercy, and may even Let people go.

It may be unimaginable for a modern society ruled by law, but in the ancient times of the rule of man, this is simply commonplace. Because of this, the Ministry of Criminal Justice is very strict in reviewing the case files, especially the case files for capital crimes.

It was also because of this that Gu Xiang saw the problems in this file at a glance, and he read several other files, which were much more reliable than this one.

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "This is the case we want to retry."

Gu Xiang was puzzled and said: "But people have been dead for so many years, can they still find any clues?"

Lu Zheng smiled mysteriously: "The clue is not in the dead, but in the living."

Saying that, without waiting for Gu Xiang to ask any more questions, he said, "Please sue."

The plaintiff is naturally Jiang Sanniang, after all, even if Lu Zheng wants to retry the case, he must have a plaintiff.

Jiang Sanniang originally wanted to find out who that group of people were, so naturally she was absolutely necessary to Lu Zheng's request, and this case was not a trial, so there was no need for Ma County Magistrate to go to court, but Ma County Magistrate still appeared in the courtroom. On the lobby, although he didn't care why Lu Zheng wanted to retry the case, it didn't prevent him from seeing what kind of medicine Lu Zheng was selling in this jar.

Jiang Sanniang stated the facts of the case, Lu Zheng took out the case file, and "as expected" found a lot of doubts on it, he cupped his hands and said to Ma County Magistrate: "Master Ma, according to Jiang's statement, his fiance and son-in-law were wronged and killed , the case was closed in a hurry before the facts were clarified, therefore, this officer believes that the case should be retried, what would you like?"

Ma County magistrate was so angry that he had a toothache. He also handled this case back then. Of course he knew why the case was so unclear. What's the use of writing clearly to catch him?

However, it was originally the county lieutenant's responsibility to review the past case files and propose a retrial. County magistrate Ma could not say that Lu Zheng's approach was wrong, so he could only nod helplessly: "Just... just as Master Lu said."

Lu Zheng marked the case file with a red pen, and said to Gu Xiang beside him, "Rewrite the case file."

Gu Xiang responded, dipped a brush in ink, and wrote down the reasons for the retrial and the analysis of doubtful points in the original case file in a flowing manner. After writing, he showed it to Lu Zheng. Lu Zheng only glanced at it and put the case file on the In front of County Magistrate Ma: "If Mr. Ma has no doubts, can I just investigate the truth?"

Magistrate Ma didn't even look at it: "Master Yilu."

Just as Lu Zheng was about to put down the file, he saw a deep male voice saying: "Wait a minute."

Everyone looked up and saw Jin Hanxuan walking in slowly. Compared with Lu Zheng and Ma County Magistrate, he was more like the head of Qingxi County. The fact is also that he was the head of Qingxi County The county magistrate has been there for more than ten years, no matter how many county magistrates and county lieutenants have been changed, his position has never been changed.

Seeing him, Lu Zheng said calmly, "It turned out to be Master Jin, I don't know why Master Jin came here?"

Jin Hanxuan said: "According to the laws of our dynasty, if the case is to be retried, both the county magistrate and the county lieutenant must approve it before retrial."

Lu Zhengdao: "I just happened to finish the discussion with Mr. Ma, Mr. Ma, what do you think?"

Although County Magistrate Ma doesn't like Lu Zheng very much, he hates Jin Hanxuan even more. Hearing this, he said, "That's right, I also agree to retrial."

Unexpectedly, a smile appeared on Jin Hanxuan's face: "I think the two adults may have misunderstood my words. I have made it clear to the criminal law that the trial of any case requires the seals of both the county magistrate and the county lieutenant to take effect." , This case of retrial is naturally included in it, Mr. Lu, I don't know if this statement is correct?"

Not to be outdone, Lu Zheng said: "There is indeed such a provision in the criminal law, but the usual practice is to try the case first, and only use the seal when the facts of the case are clear and the presiding judge makes a verdict. It is a bit of a waste of time for Mr. Jin to say so."

Ma County Magistrate didn't know what they were trying to do, so he said impatiently: "Okay, isn't it just a seal? It's such a big deal, why bother to argue like this. Zhi Yi, go and get my official seal."

Master Fu hurried forward, took out the official seals wrapped in layers, and handed them carefully to County Magistrate Ma. County Magistrate Ma breathed a sigh of relief, pressed heavily on the case file, and said: "This is the head office."

Jin Hanxuan turned his head and said to the expressionless Lu Zheng: "Master Lu's official seal, you can also take it out."

This time, Ma County Magistrate also found something wrong, he said to Lu Zheng: "Master Lu, what are you still doing, hurry up and use the seal?"

Only then did Lu Zheng come back to his senses, seeing the provocation hidden in Jin Hanxuan's eyes, he suddenly smiled: "I have doubts about this case for a long time, but there was no plaintiff before, so I can't retry, but I have written a copy The case file is also stamped, Bao Zheng, go and get the things."

Bao Zheng had been waiting at the side for a long time. Hearing Lu Zheng's order, he quickly handed over the prepared case file. Lu Zheng opened it, and it was indeed his official seal on the bottom.

Jin Hanxuan's face sank all of a sudden.

But Lu Zheng said: "I wonder if Mr. Jin has any doubts? You said it together, so I can answer it for you."

The expression on Jin Hanxuan's face changed a few times, and finally he smiled lightly and said: "Lord Lu is paranoid, I am strict by nature, and must act in accordance with the law in everything. If there is something offending, I hope you and Master Ma will not take offense." .”

"How could it be? It's our Qingxi County's honor and this official's honor to have a good official like Mr. Jin dedicated himself to my Great Xia Dynasty. Are you right, Mr. Ma?" Lu Zheng didn't take it lightly. Hit back lightly.

Magistrate Ma was made toothache by their half-smiling compliments, and upon seeing this, he hurriedly said: "There are still important matters unresolved in this official's office, so let's go ahead and talk slowly, both of you."

After all, he quickly slipped away with Master Fu.

Jin Hanxuan also cupped his hands and said, "Then I won't delay Mr. Lu's investigation, so I will leave."

"You two go slowly." Lu Zheng smiled all over his face, and he almost said "come often when you are free!".

Jin Hanxuan snorted coldly, shook his sleeves and left.

After all the outsiders had left, the few present breathed a sigh of relief, Bao Zheng said: "I'm really worried that they will take a closer look at this seal!"

That's right, of course Lu Zheng wouldn't have the foresight to write the Laoshizi case file. This case file and the seal on it were all forged last night, and the previous seal was covered with thin rice paper, and then stroked with cinnabar. If you draw it out, it looks good from a distance, but if you look closely, it will be exposed.

But Lu Zheng shook his head: "He won't read it. He already has ghosts in his heart. The more confident I am, the more nervous he will be, worrying that I have found out something a long time ago, so he won't doubt it. The seal on it is fake, and you will only suspect that I am defrauding him. This is nothing more than a psychological tactic."

Gu Xiang couldn't understand psychological tactics, but he could guess the general meaning, and said involuntarily, "Your Excellency is really good at predicting things."

"It's not that I predicted things like a god, but that Jin Hanxuan panicked first." Lu Zheng frowned and said, "As far as his character is concerned, even if the incident happened suddenly, he would never panic so easily. I think this case is probably much more complicated than we imagined, and I'm afraid there is something hidden in it."