Become a cat [Zhan Zhao]

The room was quiet for a while, and the warm sunshine in the afternoon came in from the window, forming a faint golden color.The voices of the two yamen outside talking loudly can be clearly heard, and when the snow melts, there is a small, indistinguishable rustling sound, as if whispering.

It took some effort for Yu Mo to control the expression on his face. He told Ah Lan: "I don't know Bai Yutang, Jin Yutang, and neither does my master. If you want to ask me about someone, sister, you can ask me Wrong person. This is my first time in Beijing, and no one recognizes me."

"Hmm." Ah Lan didn't continue to press, firstly, she had already got the information she wanted, and secondly, it seemed a little unreasonable to continue asking.She said to Yu Mo, "Let's eat first, I'll come and clean up the guys later."

"Please trouble sister." Yu Mo cupped his hands.

Alan turned around and left the room. As she walked towards the kitchen, she unconsciously recalled Yu Mo's testimony in court.There was an odd quality to the case in which both the victim and the suspect seemed to be in the wrong place.How could a person who went to stay at his uncle's house to study kill a little maid in the house?But if he didn't kill someone, why did he admit it again? Isn't this person afraid of death?

Thinking about it from another angle, why did the servant girl die?Is it a moment of anger and missed killing?Or premeditated murder?If it is the former, then it seems reasonable to have the intention of repenting after killing someone.But if it is the latter, then admitting the crime in court obviously does not match the motive, which means that the murderer is someone else.

Alan was very engrossed in her thoughts. She had never encountered such a strange homicide case before, and for a moment she was really curious about the truth of the case.It's a pity that she could neither go to the place where the murder occurred to see what the environment was like, nor know the specific confessions of the persons involved in the case.

——Unless Master Bao is promoted again.Xiangfu County is some distance away from here, and those people could only arrive in the afternoon or even near dusk at the earliest.

"Alan!" Aunt Qi's voice brought Alan back to his senses suddenly, "What are you thinking about so preoccupied, did you deliver the meal?"

Alan nodded in a daze: "Send it." She was still immersed in her thoughts and didn't react immediately.Looking around, Ah Lan realized that he had returned to the back kitchen.It was already past lunch time, and the yamen servants had already used up their meals, so the people in the back kitchen were free and were getting together to deal with the leftovers at noon.

"Come here quickly, Auntie left a piece of roasted pork for you." Aunt Qi filled a bowl full of noodles for Alan, poured broth on top, and it smelled delicious.Alan thanked him and took the bowl, feeling really hungry, so he ate together with the big guys.

A little handyman said at this time: "I bet two copper coins that the scholar is not the murderer." They seemed to be talking about the case that was heard in the court today, and A Lan couldn't help pricking up his ears.

"I think Xuan, he really didn't kill him, why should he confess?" Another person retorted.

The little handyman lowered his voice: "It's a trick to torture."

"You're just talking nonsense. I didn't hear what the kid said. That person confessed right away after passing the trial." Confessing the crime of murder—after all, it’s a matter of losing your head, and it’s as simple as being tortured.”

A Lan: "..." It turns out that there is still this knowledge in it, and it is really a lot of knowledge.

"There is no such thing in our mansion." The man continued, "I used to work in the county below, but whenever someone enters the gate of the yamen, no matter whether he has committed a crime or not, he has to go through it again if he wants to go out. Skin."

The little handyman stared wide-eyed: "How do you say?"

"It's like being locked up in a prison. If the family members want to visit, they have to make fun of it." The man rubbed his thumb and forefinger, "From the jailer to the head of the cell, no one can be dealt with. The sum of up and down is at least this number." .” He said and held up two fingers.

The little handyman opened his mouth wide: "Two money?" It was worth his one month's salary.

"Think good things, at least two or two." The man sneered, "It's not just that you need to pay for visiting the prison. Prisoners in prison, if they don't want to be beaten, they have to be filial; if they want to eat hot meals, they have to be filial; If you are cold, you have to be filial. Those who have money can spend their entire family in prison, and those who have no money will also lose their families. When all the oil and water are squeezed out, if it is relevant, it will be released. Could rot in a cell."

Allan could only shudder when he heard that.

"No wonder the gate of the yamen is said to be open. Don't come in if you have a reason and no money." The little servant murmured, "I thought all the yamen in the world were like us, just like Qingshui."

But the man said: "It is precisely because the other yamen are filled with a pool of stinky water that we show the preciousness of our Lord Qingtian. When I first arrived in Kaifeng Mansion, I still felt that there was no oil and water to fish for, but it took a long time." Yes, we are also happy in our hearts, what is better than nothing?"

"That's not true." The little handyman puffed out his chest, "I went out and said that I was working under Mr. Bao in Kaifeng Mansion, and everyone else was jealous."

Ah Lan couldn't help being moved when she heard the words, but suddenly heard another person sneer: "We are all handymen, what are you talking about working under Mr. Bao, does Mr. Bao know what you look like?" People, "You're just a cook now, so what's the point of being brave. Even if you have money to work with, it's not up to you. You guys know how to brag."

The topic was shifted to another place for a while.A Lan simply poured the noodles into his stomach, got up and left the back kitchen.She was going to go to Yumo's place again to pack up the food box.Zhan Zhao must be busy at the moment, so Alan didn't bother, and waited quietly for the hearing to begin next.

Sure enough, around You hour, there was a burst of shouting in front of the yamen, apparently the witnesses had arrived, and Bao Gong was promoted to hall.A Lan hurriedly ran to the gate of the yamen together with a few handymen who also took advantage of the loopholes, and there were actually more people than noon at this moment.

This time, Ah Lan moved slightly forward, so she desperately stood on tiptoe, vaguely seeing an old official kneeling in the hall.On the first seat, Mr. Bao asked, "Liu Hong, let me ask you, who is Yan Chasan?"

"It's the little old man's nephew." Liu Hong said hastily, "The one who came to join the little old man a while ago was to study and prepare for the exam."

Bao Gong asked again: "I heard that he and your daughter have been married since they were young. Is there such a thing?"

"My lord, there is indeed such a thing." Liu Hong couldn't help sweating in secret. He thought he could hide the matter, but he didn't want Baogong to know about it, so he had to answer honestly, "That Yan Chasan stayed with the little old man. home, but also to marry the little girl.”

Bao Gong nodded slightly, and then asked: "Your girl is embroidered red, but is she serving your daughter?"

"Exactly, that girl has been by my little girl's side since she was a child. She was clever, able to write and count, and it's a pity to die." Liu Hong said, trying to put on a miserable look, trying to win Bao Gong's sympathy, but it was not very successful. .

Only to hear Baogong ask coldly: "How did you die?"

"It was strangled to death by Na Yan Chasan." Liu Hong immediately replied loudly, straightening his back a lot.

Baogong saw it in his eyes and had a general understanding of the people involved in the case, so he went on to ask the specifics of the case: "When did Xiu Hong die and where did he die?"

"When the little old man found out, it was halfway through two drums. He died outside the inner corner gate." Liu Hong replied with his head bowed.

Bao Gong slapped the gavel abruptly: "Full of nonsense! Just now you said that by the time you knew about it, it was already halfway between two drums. Naturally, your family members reported it to you. You didn't see who strangled to death with your own eyes. Xiu Hong, why do you insist that it was Yan Chasan who killed the murderer? It is obvious that you dislike the poor and love the rich, and after strangling the maidservant, you framed Yan Sheng, and dare to hesitate in front of the government?!"

This interrogation was really exciting, and A Lan secretly applauded when she heard it, and almost clapped her hands.Then Liu Hong didn't think that he had slipped his feet between his words. He was frightened by Bao Gong at this moment, and immediately kowtowed: "My lord, calm down, calm down. The little old man didn't know who killed Xiu Hong, but a handful fell beside the dead body." The fan is Yan Sheng's famous model, so we know that Yan Sheng was the victim."

Bao Gong couldn't help being slightly taken aback, he hadn't expected that there would be a fan.Alan was also taken aback, and she immediately guessed in her heart: If the murderer was flustered and left the fan in a hurry, it would be reasonable.Could it be that Yan Chasan simply pleaded guilty just because the evidence was solid and undeniable?

While frowning and thinking, the Yacha came forward and replied: "The wet nurse Tian has arrived."

Bao Gong ordered Liu Hong to be taken down, and Tian was about to be brought up to the hall.The latter had never seen such a battle before, and he was shaking with fright.Bao Gong softened his voice and asked, "Are you Liu Jinchan's wet nurse?"

"Mother...mother-in-law is." Tian replied tremblingly.

Baogong thought for a while, and asked the same question: "Why did the servant girl Xiuhong die? Tell the truth."

"Hui, Mr. Hui, this matter is really a long story." Tian wiped off his sweat, "My lady betrothed to the uncle of the Yan family since she was a child. I am studying at home for the exam, and I am preparing to marry my young lady."

Hearing that this was consistent with Liu Hong's testimony, Bao Gong nodded and said, "Go on, don't worry."

"Yes." Mrs. Tian nodded again and again, not daring to hide anything, and said, "It was originally a good thing, but who would have thought that my mother-in-law overheard a private discussion between my family member and Mr. An to harm Yan Sheng. The mother-in-law then Discuss with the young lady on my own initiative. It would be better to give him some silver and tell him to leave as soon as possible. I sent a copybook to Yan Sheng to make an appointment, but the young lady was timid, so she sent Xiuhong to go. Who knows that Mrs. Yan got the property and didn't know He Gu actually strangled Xiu Hong to death. Then another fan and the copybook were dropped. My family members saw him, and they were so angry that they sent Uncle Yan to the county."

After hearing Tian's testimony, Ah Lan frowned slightly, and said in her heart: This is all the witnesses and material evidence, and I don't know if Yu Mo dared to defend his master, so he still has something behind.

After hearing this, Bao Gong had already made up his mind, so he immediately ordered Yu Mo to be brought up.I saw Bao Gong slapped the gavel, and shouted: "You are a bold Yumo, you dare to lie to the government at such a young age, what should you do?"

"Every word of the villain is the truth, how dare you fool Lord Qingtian." Yu Mo hurriedly kowtowed.

Bao Gong shouted: "Nonsense! You said that your master has never left the study, why is his fan outside the inner corner door? Tell me!"

A Lan also quickly pricked up his ears to hear how Yu Mo could tell.

The author has something to say: On the first day Zhan Zhao was away, I missed him

PS: The case so far will be very different from the original work, so stay tuned