The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

"Who is kneeling in the hall?" Zhifu Yao asked, patting the gavel.

Shen Jia replied: "His name is Wang Quan, and he is Peng Yinyang's concubine. Peng Yin often goes to his place. There should be many people who know about this, but Peng Yin said that Wang Quan is his distant cousin. It's normal to have a close relationship."

Someone recognized Wang Quan and said loudly: "It's him. He lives in the alley of my house. He lives in a single courtyard. He rarely goes out. Peng Yin does often come to him because he said he is his cousin." , and everyone didn't care."

The guard kicked Wang Quan, "Tell me, what is your relationship with Peng Yin?"

This is the first time for Shen Jia to see this little boy who is being taken care of by Peng Yin. He looks submissive, and it is probably because of this that he became Peng Yin's target.

He reminded: "All of you here are important officials of the imperial court. I don't know how many cases have been resolved. They can tell whether you are telling the truth or a lie at a glance. According to the regulations of this dynasty, those who make false confessions will be fined [-] sticks for half a year. .”

Wang Quan glanced at Shen Jia in horror, and when he saw his appearance, he showed amazed eyes, and then he was glared at by the black-faced man beside him, he quickly lowered his head, and said in a low voice: "My lords... I... Cao Min is a servant bought by Mr. Peng, and I do... serve him occasionally."

"Is there a contract of sale?" Yao Zhifu asked.

"Yes, but Mr. Peng has always kept it."

Zhang Huai ordered: "Go and check the household registration book of Peng's family to see if there is such a person." Now that he has signed the deed of selling himself, Wang Quan is considered to be a member of the Peng family, and he would normally appear in the Peng family. Demographic.

But the director of the yamen stood up and said: "My lord, I have some impressions about this matter. It seems that three years ago, Peng Ching came to find the official and said that a person was placed in the family. Although he bought it, in fact There is some connection with his family, and I want to set him up as a separate household, because it is a trivial matter, the lower official agreed, this Wang Quan should not be on the Peng family's household registration."

Zhang Huai asked him with a dark face, "How can a servant like him set up his own family?"

"This……"

"My lord, that's not the point. Since Wang Quan is Peng Yin's confinement, it proves that he is indeed a man. It's not surprising that he would do such an obscene and shameless thing."

The Peng family had already heard it. Except for Peng's mother who refused to believe it, everyone else believed it in their hearts. After all, even Peng Yin's wife didn't refute it. If such a shameless thing was true, she would not admit it.

Prefect Yao patted the gavel, and waited for everyone to recover before continuing to ask: "That can only show that Peng Yin's virtue is at fault, and it cannot prove what he did to you."

Shen Jia calmly said: "Yes, that's why I want to ask Wuzuo to conduct an autopsy on Peng Yin. The subordinate suspects that he did not die of natural causes."

The onlookers became excited. They thought it was a case of a high-ranking official persecuting a small official, but they didn't expect there to be so many twists and turns, and the script wasn't so wonderfully written.

"The reason." Zhifu Yao was a little flustered, but he was also someone who had seen big storms, and his pill was made in secret, so it was impossible to be found out.

The chief envoy, Xiang Jie, didn't think it was necessary, "Three experienced old doctors have checked before, and it proved that Peng Yin died of serious injuries. How else can we check?"

Shen Jia had heard Ling Jingyun's report on the deceased, and on the surface there was no problem, no trauma, and no trace of poisoning, but how could a good-looking person die like this without any inside story, but with the technology of this era, it may not be proven come out.

"It's always better to be cautious." Shen Jia also said, "It's best to find the maid who brought me water that night. If she's okay, it means that the medicine was put in the water by Peng Yin's men."

Shen Jia actually didn't know if there was anything wrong with the water Peng Yin handed him, but he couldn't bring up the matter of the sachet, so he could only blame Peng Yin for the reason of his traditional Chinese medicine.

"Peng Yin's body was checked after he was picked up, and there was no medicine as you mentioned." Xiang Jie retorted.

"You also said that he was picked up in the water, even if he had it before, he would have fallen into the water, but the lower official thought, since this kind of medicine is unusual, it must not be made by him. Just check if he If you have bought this medicine, you will know."

No one noticed that Wang Quan, who was kneeling on the ground, shook his body, and then buried his head even lower.

Shen Jia also only had this kind of speculation, thinking that a rogue like Peng Yin should have bought this kind of thing, but he didn't expect to go out to investigate, and actually found out that Peng Yin had bought this kind of medicine half a month ago. It's not too young, and the person in the pharmacy told him that Peng Yin was a regular customer and would come to buy this thing every once in a while.

There was an uproar in the hall, and everyone looked at the Peng family's eyes. They said that Peng Yin raised a male concubine, and everyone only regarded him as a manly man. But if he wants to use this kind of medicine to act, then Peng Yin himself must have a problem.

Zhang Huai is the most orthodox, he patted the table and said: "Gentle scum! You deserve to die!"

Shen Jia herself was taken aback, but she didn't expect to hit the right one, so the next thing is easy to say, "After he drugged me, he wanted to do something wrong. I was very drunk at the time, and I was not as strong as him, so I vomited all over him. , find an excuse and run away."

"It is true that a dirty coat was found in the back garden." This point has been obtained in advance, and no one will lie.

Shen Jia said with a sad face: "Later he caught up and happened to be by the lake. As soon as I turned around, I saw him holding a stick and trying to knock me out. I was shocked. Fortunately, my guards came in time. Kick him into the lake."

"Where's the evidence?" Yao Zhifu asked. He didn't expect Shen Jiahui to be so smart. Not only did he not get involved in the matter of the sachet, but he also clung to Peng Yin. If his words were true, then Peng Yin would be dead. Didn't he Didn't find the problem with that sachet?

There were only three people present at the time of this incident, and if one died, the guards would definitely not be able to testify as witnesses. Everyone was waiting to see how Master Shen would defend himself.

Yao Zhifu asked: "How do you prove that you kicked him into the water because he wanted to do something wrong to you first and knocked you unconscious? Did your guards see him lustful and deliberately threw him into the cold water?" Don't save him... I remember that it took about a quarter of an hour from the time he fell into the water to the time you left Xiang's house. Is there no time to save people during this time? After all, he attempted to commit a crime. It is too indifferent for adults to watch him die like this."

The Peng family heard Qiqi crying loudly: "My lord, my son died unjustly..."

Shen Jia rubbed her ears, took a look at Yao Zhifu, and asked amusedly: "My lord, I was in a daze at the time, and there was only one guard by my side. Excuse me, how does he save people? And what if he doesn't know how to save people after I rescue them?" Don’t correct the mistake? Which law stipulates that the victim must take the life of the murderer into consideration? And it didn’t take a quarter of an hour from the time he fell into the water to being rescued by him. The doctor who diagnosed him at that time asserted that he would not die. He died suddenly, shouldn't we focus on investigating the cause of his death?"

Prefect Yao said indifferently: "Except for you, no one has enmity with him, unless Mr. Shen was unwilling to reconcile afterwards and assassinated him."

Shen Jia suddenly laughed, laughing so that others were confused, only to hear him say: "If you want to talk about enemies, maybe I am the only one, but if you want him to die, I should not be the only one."

"What's the explanation?" Zhang Huai asked. So far, nothing about his daughter has been involved in the case, but in fact his daughter was indeed framed that night. Could it be that these are two unrelated cases.

This time Shen Jia didn't speak, but Ling Jingyun came, carrying a person in his hand, no one else knew him, but the Peng family recognized it at a glance, it was Mrs. Peng's personal servant girl.

"Caihong, why are you here?" Mother Peng asked in shock.

Mrs. Peng suddenly thought of something, and her face became extremely ugly. She secretly glanced at the master who was sitting on the side recording the case, her heart was burning. They only came and went once, and it was after Peng Yin's death, so I couldn't rely on him.

"Who is this person? What does she want to prove?" Zhifu Yao asked puzzled.

The Peng family answered him first, "This is the servant girl of the Peng family, Cai Hong, who usually takes care of her daughter-in-law."

Shen Jia went on to say: "Your Excellency just asked, besides others, who else wants Peng Yin to die, and there are Mrs. Peng and Master Lin!"

"You're talking nonsense, I didn't kill my husband!" Mrs. Peng retorted loudly. She was terrified. If this matter was revealed, she would definitely die.

Shen Jia was originally unwilling to mention this matter. Given the harshness of women in this era, he knew exactly what would happen to Mrs. Peng, but so what?The entire Peng family collected money to appeal for Peng Yin's grievances, and Mrs. Peng was even more of an accomplice, and his kindness was only willing to be given to kind people.

"Master Lin, let me tell you, what is your relationship with Mrs. Peng? On the day Peng Yin died, only the two of you went to see him. He died not long after. This death can still be blamed on me. , the best of both worlds, right?"

The crowd had already guessed what Shen Jia meant. The young official was saying that Peng Yin's wife had an affair with another man and took the opportunity to murder her husband.

If there is no such thing as Peng Yin's good manliness before, everyone may not believe it. After all, Master Lin is much older than Peng Yin, and Peng Yin's future is also good. There is really no need to find such a concubine, but if Peng Yin usually makes her a widow Woolen cloth?Which woman is willing to suffer this kind of suffering, it is not surprising that she will have sex with her.

"You're talking nonsense, you're talking nonsense..." Mrs. Peng rushed towards Shen Jia, trying to stop him.

Pan Mo kicked her away, stopped in front of Shen Jia, and said indifferently: "I know what I have done. Did my lord wrong you?"

"Caihong is the witness."

"Maybe she was bought by you?" Peng's family shouted.

Shen Jia actually nodded, "According to what you guys think, I bought Caihong and Wang Quan too, I am so capable, why not even buy the servant girl of Xiangfu, wouldn't it be better to find a few more witnesses? "

Zhang Huai patted the table, and said in a deep voice, "Whether a witness is lying or not is up to the judge, so don't make any noise!"

Shen Jia walked up to Mrs. Peng and looked at her with pity, "Mrs. Peng, if I were you, I would explain the whole story well. If Master Lin killed someone, you would be an accomplice at most, but if it was you If she is killed, it will be beyond redemption, your daughter is still young, do you think the Peng family will treat her kindly after this incident?"

Mrs. Peng cried and said: "She is the flesh and blood of the Peng family!"

Peng's father and Peng's mother have already reacted now. It turns out that the daughter-in-law is really cheating, so their granddaughter... can't think about it. The more she thinks about it, the more wrong it becomes. You watery bitch, what do you take my son for?"

"Ahem..." Shen Jia coughed twice, and the yamen servant at the side came to his senses, and hurried forward to pull Mother Peng away, and then looked at Mrs. Peng, not only her hair and clothes were messed up, but her face was also swollen. Everyone knew that this Women will not have a good time.

"Master Lin, what do you say?" Shen Jia pointed the finger at Master Lin.

He has checked this person, he has been with Yao Qiran for 20 years, he has always been his confidant, and he has countless opportunities to be promoted to an official position, but he has rejected them all, saying that he does not like officialdom and prefers such an unfettered life, so Prefect Yao valued him very much.

And he has indeed helped Yao Zhifu a lot. This time, if Shen Jia guessed correctly, he should have led it.

Master Lin held a fan in his hand in the winter, Shi Shiran got up and walked out, without looking at Mrs. Peng, knelt down and said, "My lords, I have only met Mrs. Peng once, and I am in love with you." Li, there is no such thing as adultery that Mr. Shen said, and the conspiracy to murder is even more nonsense, I have never met Mrs. Peng before."

Shen Jia smiled, "At least I have a maid here as a witness. I don't know what witnesses and evidence Master Lin has to prove himself?"

Master Lin hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Where are the witnesses for things that I have not done?"

Master Lin has a very high status in the magistrate's yamen, and many officials have received his favor, and someone stood up to defend him immediately: "Master is over thirty years old and hasn't married yet, how could he do such a thing?"

This explanation is equivalent to not saying that his adultery has nothing to do with his marriage or not. Yao Zhifu asked him to back down with a sullen face, patted the table, and said: "Master Shen, even if Master Lin and Mrs. Peng have Ran, can't prove that Peng Yin was killed by their conspiracy?"

Shen Jia waited for this sentence, bowed her hands to the first three adults, and said, "So, the lower officials insist on an autopsy, and it's an autopsy."

Hearing this, Peng's family all objected, and Peng's mother threw herself on the coffin and cried hoarsely, "Good you dog official! My son died so badly, and you didn't even let his corpse go, you Are you not afraid of being punished by God?"

Shen Jia had already guessed that they would not agree, and the autopsy could not be carried out without the consent of the family members, so she took a step back and said, "Since the autopsy is not agreed, let's use another method. "

Zhang Huai was the first to turn black, "Absurd! How can this kind of folk technique be used as evidence in court? It's all deception!"

Yao Zhifu also said: "Sir Shen is too nonsense, there is no need to ask the gods, what matters in deciding a case is evidence, don't mess around."

"It doesn't hurt to give it a try. I happen to know a Taoist priest with profound morality. He has the name of Yuan and is quite famous in the Daming Mansion. Many people must have heard of him."

Sure enough, as soon as Liao Yuan's name came out, the scene was full of excitement. Shen Jia had heard of this character before, but it was only yesterday that he had the idea that he could use feudal superstition to try the case, but he didn't know this character at the time. Whether the Taoist priest is really an eminent monk or not, when A finds someone, he will know that he can use this person today.

Xiang Jie didn't say much all the time, and he became cautious when he heard Yuan's name, "If you are Taoist Yuan Yuan, you can try it." The Chief Minister said that he could try, but naturally no one refuted it.

Soon, a Taoist priest wearing a blue Taoist robe with white eyebrows and white beard was invited in, and some people exclaimed: "It really is Taoist Priest Yuan, I heard that he is omnipotent to subdue demons and eliminate demons..."

"Greetings, my lords!" For a foreigner like Liao Yuan, even if he saw a high-ranking official not kneeling, no one scolded him. After hearing the whole story, he shook his hand and said in a fairy-like way: "Today The head of this Tao should not have come here, the Tao is that people outside the world never interfere with the affairs of the world, but Mr. Shen is right in saying that saving people is also a kind of practice, although the Tao does not know who is right and who is wrong, but if you can Helping the government decide the case is also a merit of this way.”

Naturally, everyone sang praises and felt that Daoist Yuan was really compassionate, and even Zhang Huai said: "Although I don't believe in these ghosts, I don't want to try it first. If it doesn't work, the Taoist priest can leave on his own. "

Zhifu Yao felt even more uneasy. Although he didn't believe it, but this old Taoist priest is too famous, he must be someone with real skills. What if he recalled Peng Yin's soul and told the truth?

I only heard Daoist Yuan say: "There are still a few things that need to be prepared in this way. In addition, in order to make it easier for the dead to show up, it is best to find a room where no one lives in, and keep a few dead people in the room." family members."

Everyone thought this request was normal, and soon found an unoccupied broken room behind the government office.

Shen Jia followed the three adults to watch, and asked Pan Mo to bring Master Lin with him, leaving only Peng Yin's parents and wife in the room.

Mrs. Peng was in a state of distress, her face was swollen even higher. She trembled and dared not enter the house. It was the yamen servant who pushed her to let her step into the house. But when she saw her husband's body lying in the coffin, she was terrified. Gotta scream.

Shen Jia said calmly to the three adults: "If you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door." In fact, Shen Jia didn't know who killed Peng Yin, but only Mr. Lin and Mrs. Peng went to see him that day. It was one of them. Looking at Mrs. Peng like this now, it is estimated that even if she did not do it, she would be an insider.

Everyone watched the old Taoist priest put an incense burner on the desk, plugged in nine sticks of incense, and with a flick of the dust whisk, the incense was lit. Even though Shen Jia had received a modern education, she couldn't explain why.

He muttered to himself, and his body moved, as if he was dancing, but there was no music. After a while, he stopped suddenly, his body trembled violently, and the whisk in his hand fell to the ground, shaking everyone inside and outside. They were all taken aback.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and there were only whites and no eyeballs in his eyes. The three of Peng's family screamed in fright, and subconsciously wanted to run out.

"Mom!" A soft call made them stop, Mother Peng turned around, stared at the old Taoist priest and asked, "Xiaoer, is that you?"

The old Taoist's eyeless eyes suddenly turned to Mrs. Peng behind them, and asked sullenly, "Alian, are you worthy of me?"

Mrs. Peng was already tense, but when her husband called out her pet name, she collapsed on the ground, she crawled up to the old Taoist priest, grabbed his clothes and said, "Husband! It's really not I hurt you, it was Mr. Lin, who said... He said that you offended the high-ranking officials of the court, and you will surely die. Moreover, you also designed to frame the beloved daughter of Lord Chancellor. Once found out, our whole family will be finished... …

He gave us 500 taels of silver and said... that as long as you are gone, this matter will be over, and we can even go to the government to report on that adult and beat drums for you, so that he can give you Buried with you, woo woo... Husband, I really didn't harm you, and I don't know how you died, but I know, Master Lin must have harmed you.

In order to know the truth, I committed myself to him. He only reassured me that no one would find out. The medicine he gave you is rare in the world, and the most powerful imperial doctor can't see the problem. I...I don't I beg my husband to forgive me, I am sorry for you! "

Mrs. Peng finished speaking in one breath, and Peng's father and mother in the room were already stunned. Peng's mother rushed over and grabbed her hair, and slapped her awake, "What are you talking about? My son was killed by someone? Wasn't he Did he die from serious injuries?"

"Mother... Father also knows about this."

Peng's father dodged and did not dare to meet Peng's mother's eyes. He did know a little about this, but he didn't know that his son was poisoned to death. Mr. Lin told him that Peng Yin had soaked in cold water for too long , is already a useless person, even if he saves his life, he can only offer ginseng and deer antler in the future, which will cost at least ten taels a month, and their family is only a small rich, how can they afford such a problem?

So when Mr. Lin asked him if he wanted to take his son home, he refused, saying that he should take good care of himself at the chief minister's house, but he heard the sad news of his son that night.

"I... I don't know if this is the case..."

Mother Peng couldn't bear the blow, she closed her eyes and fainted, Mrs. Peng was still kowtowing, and Father Peng slapped himself a few times.

Shen Jia looked at Master Lin who was being held down with a smile: "Master Lin, do you have anything to say?"

This time, even the prefect Yao couldn't say anything partial, and he even thought it would be good to close the case like this, at least he wouldn't be implicated.

Zhang Huai lowered his head and thought for a long time, "No, she said that Peng Yin designed my Qiaoer, but what was his purpose? Didn't he have plans for Mr. Shen? Why did he provoke my daughter?" Seeing two people, plotting against them at the same time and at the same place.

Shen Jia looked at Master Lin and said, "I think you can ask Master Lin, he's going to kill someone to silence him, and he can't escape being involved in this matter."

Yao Zhifu said, "Didn't Master Lin kill Peng Yin just to take away his wife?"

Shen Jia stared at him with a half-smile. He hadn't mentioned Prefect Yao before, because he knew it would be useless to talk about it. He didn't have actual evidence to prove that Prefect Yao was behind this incident, but if Master Lin confessed Woolen cloth?

"Whether it is true or not will be known at the first trial."

Zhang Huai didn't let others intervene this time, and let his confidant carry Mr. Lin down, seeing that it was getting dark, he said to the adults: "Come here first today, the case will be tried tomorrow."

In the room, Daoist Liaoyuan had returned to normal, walked out in a dignified manner, and stretched out two fingers when he passed by Shen Jia. The latter nodded, and then he walked out with a smile, and was invited back home by the Chief Minister .

With his hands in his sleeves, Shen Jia walked out slowly, and when he got into the sedan chair, he told Pan Mo: "Remember to send the remaining taels of silver to the old Taoist priest, and warn him what to say and what not to say. "

"The subordinates know." By this time, everyone was relieved. They thought this matter would be difficult, but they didn't expect it to be solved so easily after finding three key people.

Especially Daoist Liaoyuan, who looked like a fairy, turned out to be a money-loving person. He was given enough money to let him say whatever he wanted, which is really shameless!