I solved crimes in the Song Dynasty and strengthened the country [Seventh Five-Year]

25 Drunken Gold Chisel Down

The Changchun Building at noon is always lively, and many elegant guests are willing to come here to listen to a song or watch a dance.But when they came today, they only saw the gate of Changchun Tower closed, which is really abnormal.

The guests who were thanked gathered in another nearby restaurant, chatting with one another.

"Did you hear the sound of the imperial drum just now? This afternoon, the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice and the Yushitai will be interrogated. It should be the result of the case of our prefect, right? Have you found that night pearl?"

"What? Didn't everyone say that the magistrate's death was caused by the dog called by the general? The Pei family also invited a lot of yellow-robed mages to go to the Yamen to drive out evil spirits."

"How long ago was that old Huangli? Some of my brothers are working in the yamen. I heard that the Shaocheng of Dali Temple had just arrived there, and found that there was something wrong with the magistrate's personal servant!"

"Hey, that's quite powerful. Is this Shaocheng the one who led people to clean up the 'Cannibal Alley'? The shopkeeper of the Ping'an Tavern also hanged himself, oh, what a wicked way!"

"Who knows! Maybe it's because of some people's bad luck...Even the pearl can be stolen, it's an important treasure to be used in sacrifices the day after tomorrow!"

Everyone shouted and laughed, only the four people sitting in the private room looked melancholy.

"Fourth Jiang, if you hadn't provoked us and the imperial cat with your words, why did the fifth younger brother come to Kaifeng Mansion to steal the Yuehua Pearl?"

Jiang Ping, the fanjiang mouse ranked fourth, refused to accept it and said: "Third brother, it is obvious that he, Bai Yutang, can't stand the challenge, why don't you blame him for being too hot-tempered, and instead blame me for the whole thing? He was going to come You didn't stop me when Kaifeng was opened."

"At that time, how did we know that the Kaifeng government office could still cause people's lives?" Xu Qing lost his temper when he retorted, "Look at how light you have been for the past few days! We can't find the fifth brother everywhere, and this case will be closed this afternoon. Now that the trial is about to start, I'm afraid the Fifth Brother has already been caught by the people from Dali Temple!"

"Enough!" Big brother Lu Fang stopped the two people who wanted to continue arguing, and said, "We don't know the specific situation of the fifth brother yet, why bother to mess up here?"

"Then what should we do now!" Han Zhang was also very worried. "Otherwise, let's go and see Bao Zhongcheng from Yushitai? He should participate in the tribunal of the three divisions, right?"

Lu Fang immediately denied his idea: "No."

The four of them were appreciated and recommended by Bao Zheng before, and they can indeed ask Bao Zheng directly if they are unclear.

But if Bai Yutang really got into such a big disaster, even if they didn't say a word of pleading when they went to see Bao Zheng on the eve of their brother's trial, it would inevitably make people feel that they were suspected of favoritism.

They can't trouble Bao Zheng and make things difficult for their Bo Le.

The other three brothers felt that as long as their hearts were open and they would not lose face if they begged for favors, they still wanted to act more or less. Xu Qing even said that he would watch the trial.

Lu Fang saw that they were about to make a move, so he finally compromised: "Then the four of us brothers will go and have a look together. But without my permission, none of you can act rashly."

·

When Jiang Lin received the order to investigate the case, the government gave him a right to initiate a joint trial of the three divisions as soon as he found out the truth, without having to go through layers of approval from different departments like other cases .

So soon all the officials who needed to attend the meeting came to the Dharma Hall of Dali Temple.

Zhang Yaozuo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, also arrived at the gate of Dali Temple according to the agreed time.When getting out of the car, Zhang Yaozuo felt that the boy who was handing the stool was a bit awkward, and the next moment, the hand supported by the other was stuffed into a small round bamboo tube.

Zhang Yaozuo knew that this was a secret letter from the Pei family, and immediately put it in his sleeve, but was slightly annoyed at the brazenness of this young man.

A note with the words "Student of Guozi" was delivered only this morning. Zhang Yaozuo thought to himself that he already knew that he was going to hear from the Pei Mansion for the case, so why did this person have to be at the gate of Dali Temple? Deliver a letter to yourself?

Is it because they are afraid that their actions will not attract enough attention?

But the young man also obeyed his master's instructions and must deliver the news before the interrogation begins.

He just whispered the word "urgent" in Zhang Yaozuo's ear, and Zhang Yaozuo waved him away impatiently.Just as he was about to look for a place where no one was around to take a look at the note, he was stopped by the sharp-eyed Sima Guang.

"Zhang Shang Shuan." Sima Guang saluted respectfully.He will be here, one is to observe and study as a new official, and the other is to see the progress of his brother Baishi's case and see if there is anything he can help.

The guilty Zhang Yaozuo was startled by Sima Guang and was about to get angry when he saw how many people were around Sima Guang.He immediately greeted him warmly, "Bao Zhongcheng, Han Sijian..."

In addition to Bao Zheng and Han Qi, there was a young man with a handsome face and a handsome expression standing beside them.A neat and exquisite official robe complements his tall and straight figure, like a jade tree facing the wind.

Zhang Yaozuo relied on his niece, who was a noble concubine, to reach the position of Minister of the Ministry of Justice step by step, and his foundation in the capital was not deep.Zhang's family is weak, so he has been looking forward to recruiting an outstanding young talent to be their family's son-in-law.

At this moment, he saw that Jiang Lin had a dignified appearance and an extraordinary bearing. No matter how he looked at it, he was a good match for his two daughters.

Zhang Yaozuo couldn't help asking: "I wonder if this is..."

There was still a smile in the corner of Han Qi's eyes, and he introduced to him, "This is Jiang Lin, the Shaocheng of Dali Temple. Not only is the plan well written, but also efficient in execution. The officials asked him to check it within seven days. As a result of the case, he was able to apply for a public trial on the sixth day."

It's like the boss asked Jiang Lin to make a report within a week and send it to the mailbox, but the other party was going to give a report in front of the whole company on the sixth day.

Jiang Lin hurriedly saluted and thanked them, and was quite surprised by Han Qi's compliment.

After all, Jiang Lin didn't know that Xue Qing sent an anonymous report letter to Han Qi before it was found out, and he didn't know that the self-criticism he taught Xie Ling to write was seen by Han Qi, which was quite appreciated by the other party. like.

But Han Qi left a very good impression on Jiang Lin because of these two incidents.

Moreover, after finding out who secretly put the report letter on his desk and found out the person who delivered the letter, Xue Qing has one more crime, not to mention for the time being, as long as Han Qi thinks that he almost wrongly blamed Jiang Lin before. , so he felt a little guilty and cherished for such a young junior who was squeezed out by his superiors.

Perhaps it was because he had discovered Jiang Lin's beautiful jade earlier than Han Qi, and Bao Zheng felt a little proud, and rarely had a smile on his face.

Zhang Yaozuo also seemed very interested in Jiang Lin, pulling him to ask questions like checking his household registration.It was Sima Guang who rescued Jiang Lin, and pulled him to chat about the recent sales of "Notes" and the preparation progress of his teaching assistant.

The atmosphere among the few people was very harmonious, until they took their seats in the Dharma hall, Zhang Yaozuo didn't think to read the letter from Pei's house, and all his attention was on Jiang Lin.

Zhan Zhao stood on the side, and Dali Temple Minister Fu Yi sat in the center of the hall, and briefly described the beginning of the case: "On February [-]th, Chen Jingyue, the prefect of Kaifeng, was found dead in his residence in the government office, and Yuehua Mingzhu also They disappeared at the same time. The officials were outraged when they heard about it, and ordered Jiang Lin, Shao Cheng of Dali Temple, to investigate the case within seven days. Today, on February [-], Shao Cheng Jiang Lin blew the imperial drum and started the joint trial of the three divisions. Please Jiang Shao Cheng Explain the case before."

Jiang Lin thought he would be nervous.

Jiang Lin had participated in many moot courts in the past, but he had only a handful of experiences in court with live ammunition. The environment at this moment is so solemn.But everyone around him had always expected and supported him, so Jiang Lin gradually calmed down.

He slowly said: "The next official will use the evidence as a clue to clarify the truth about Chen Zhifu's death. First of all, please take a look at the physical evidence found at the crime scene..."

In fact, the truth of the magistrate's murder case has become quite clear. Jiang Lin divided the evidence into two lines, and first described the part of Wei Heng who has been arrested and brought to justice—except for Yu Shun'er who is still in a state of missing, Jiang Lin The control and handling of every detail is already in place.

In fact, many people think that court trials in reality are like those in legal dramas, with layers of reversals and constant routines.But in fact, the most exciting part of the trial scene is often only the part that is torn up when divorce and breakup, labor disputes, and friends break up. There are not so many cases where certification and physical evidence are temporarily submitted.

If the case file in the hands of the judges does not clearly describe the cause and effect, the case may not be able to go to trial.

So those judges seem to be reading a detective novel that has been thoroughly understood, and they cannot appreciate the pleasure of the observers to unravel the cocoons and restore the truth.But Jiang Lin's speaking rhythm was very good, gradually introducing everyone present into the scene, and then advancing to the climax.

After Jiang Lin ensured that he had whetted the appetite of everyone, he picked up the wooden fish-shaped dagger and said slowly, "This dagger is the key to confirming the real murderer's identity."

The subtle pauses in his speech made the judges who had read the case files a little bit excited, let alone the few rats who were watching intently on the eaves.Suddenly, the fourth child who was watching the most carelessly patted the others, and said softly: "Look quickly, the fifth brother is there! Why is he coming into the house?"

Lu Fang looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, he saw Bai Yutang Shi Shi ran into the small courtyard.A ridiculous idea popped up in the hearts of the four mice, and before it could take shape, Jiang Lin's voice fell to the ground suddenly.

"The following is the most important witness in this case, Bai Yutang."

26 Smiling and Embracing Yuchanjuan

When everyone heard Bai Yutang's name, they couldn't help showing a slightly surprised expression.

Especially Bao Zheng.Even though he has already read the case files, his impression of Bai Yutang is still that naughty young man who stole the Yuehua Pearl, loves everywhere and fights against Zhan Zhao.

When Jiang Lin vaguely avoided the Yuehua Pearl in his narration, Bao Zheng had already sensed something was wrong, but only now did he truly understand Jiang Lin's intention - to make Bai Yutang take the most positive attitude Into the sight of the judges.

Officials can appreciate Bai Yutang's chivalrous demeanor. Bao Zheng has sharp eyes that can distinguish loyalty from traitors, but more officials present are stubborn. It is difficult to guarantee that they will like a sharp young man like Bai Yutang.

So in order to create a "pure and harmless" image, Jiang Lin specially borrowed a scholar's outfit from the academy for Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang didn't wear gold embroidered jade like usual, even a pair of shoes had to be woven with silver thread.Instead, he changed into a simple green shirt, wearing a crown upright, without a saber, but with a piece of blue nephrite, looking like the favorite scholar of the elders.

"Grassman Bai Yutang, I pay my respects to all the officials." Bai Yutang saluted gently, his etiquette is not inferior to Sima Guang's thoughtfulness, and his expression is also very respectful and humble. Shi quietly blinked at himself.

Although this frivolous act was not caught by anyone else's attention, Zhan Zhao couldn't let go of his hanging heart at all.

The four mice on the eaves were also taken aback by Bai Yutang's cute appearance, and they couldn't help sighing in their hearts.

Obviously their fifth younger brother was born with a sense of arrogance, and he has been the most noble, arrogant and willful young master since he was a child.Apart from the crowning ceremony, where have they seen Xiaobai so "knowledgeable and reasonable".

However, most of the officials present were relieved by such an image of Bai Yutang.It seems that as long as the other party is not like the legendary Chinchilla and Fifth Master Bai, everything will be fine.

Bai Yutang didn't expect that just by changing his clothes and putting on a show, he would be able to eliminate the feeling of tension when he met many officials, and he couldn't help but admire Jiang Lin who taught him to do so.

Jiang Lin could also see from the reactions of the crowd that Bai Yutang's image had been established.

He set up a new person for Bai Yutang with two purposes.

One is to make Bai Yutang's witness testimony more credible, and the other is to make everyone subconsciously feel a sense of denial when Bai Yutang is implicated in Zheng He's case.

Jiang Lin knew very well that the reason why the Tuxuetang killer wanted to kill Zheng He was not only because Zheng He had arbitrarily shifted the position of Yuehua Pearl, but more importantly, he wanted to plant the murder case on Bai Yutang.

Thinking of the many connections between the other party and Pei's residence, it was hard for Jiang Lin not to doubt that even if he repeatedly blocked the news, the rumor that the murderer was Bai Yutang would spread quickly.

Once Bai Yutang became the only suspect in the murder case among the public, it would be impossible for him to figure out whether he was serious or not.At that time, just find any powerful person to add fuel to the flames, and Bai Yutang's crime will be crucified.

That's why Jiang Lin resorted to such a tactic of "strike first to be the best", not to give the other party a chance to slander Bai Yutang.

Jiang Lin introduced to everyone: "Bai Yutang helped Dali Temple quickly break through the clue of the fish-shaped dagger, and identified that this dagger is a weapon that only the killers of Tuxuetang would use. In addition, Bai Yutang also sacrificed his life To take righteousness, to help Dali Temple go to track down the killer's whereabouts, but the incompetent officials let such a righteous man fall into the opponent's tricks."

Zhang Yaozuo, who was fascinated by the timely pause, couldn't help asking: "What kind of trick?"

Jiang Lin sighed, and continued: "I'm ashamed to say, yesterday the killer led Bai Yutang to a tall building, and the two had a fight. When I went to visit again this morning, I found that there was an extra male corpse there. The deceased was hacked to death from behind, and before he died, he was holding half of the tassel on the hilt of Bai Yutang's knife, and left a blood mark 'Bai Yutang' on the ground."

"What? Kill someone?" Zhang Yaozuo gasped when he heard that, and his tone was very surprised, as if to say: How could Bai Yutang, who is so gentle and refined, kill someone?

Bai Yutang was almost amused by the other party's reaction, but Jiang Lin said, "Don't worry, there are many strange things in this, why don't you ask Bai Yutang to restore the situation of Zheng Shusheng after his death, let's go together Take a closer look, how about it?"

Bai Yutang almost couldn't hold back the expression on his face.

But the officials nodded in agreement. Although Bai Yutang was dissatisfied, in order to maintain the character, he still lay down on the ground with his head sideways, and stretched out a finger with his right hand as if writing a bloody letter.

"The situation at the scene of the crime is even more tragic than this. Please make up your own minds, but it should be noted that the deceased did not have any wounds on his hands." As if the other party's appearance of pretending to be dead was not professional enough, Jiang Lin went to Baiyu Tang wiped a lot of blood, not even letting go of his hands.

Bai Yutang behaved extremely obediently during this process.Suddenly, he caught a gleam of light above the roof, and his elder brother Lu Fang's eyes met.

Bai Yutang: "..."

Four mice on the eaves: "..."

Jiang Lin noticed that there was something strange in his eyes, and subconsciously wanted to look up, but Bai Yutang pulled his neck.Five bright red fingerprints were instantly left on Jiang Lin's shoulder and neck.

Fortunately, those red marks only touched the snow-white collar. If it touched Jiang Lin's official robe, he would be so angry that he would be blown away.

Jiang Lin held back his discomfort, and noticed that Bao Zheng was frowning, as if he was thinking about something, he cue at the right time and said: "Bao Zhongcheng also solved many strange cases when he knew the Kaifeng mansion back then. You can see from this What's suspicious?"

Bao Zheng twitched his beard lightly, and said slowly: "Generally, if someone wants to leave a blood book, most of them will bite their own fingers, but the deceased has no wound on his hand, this is the first doubtful point."

Jiang Lin nodded and said: "You are right. If you insist on explaining, you can also say that Zheng He used the blood from the wound on his back when he wrote. But he is just a weak scholar. Now, not being killed on the spot is already the limit, how can I still have the strength to write a three-character blood book?"

"It must be the murderer's forged blood letter after his death in order to frame Bai Yutang, who had close contact with him."

Han Qi agreed with Jiang Lin's clear thinking, and continued to ask: "Then how to explain the tassel on this knife?"

Jiang Lin twisted up the fragment of tassel, took it closer to everyone and said, "I think you can see that there are obvious cutting marks on this fragment and the end connected to the original tassel, and you can't pull it out with the root of your hand. , and the tassel tied to the handle of the saber cannot be cut off by Bai Yutang's own saber."

"What's more, the dead man held the tassel in his blood-stained right hand, but the tassel was clean without a trace of blood. It can't be further explained that the murderer put the tassel in after writing the book in blood while holding the dead's hand. In the opponent's right hand?"

Jiang Lin gently stroked the blood on his neck, and said, "At that time, the blood on the deceased's hand had completely solidified."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was even more convinced by Bai Yutang's testimony.This half of the tassel was cut off by the murderer with a dagger when he was fighting with it.

Jiang Linfu Bai Yutang stood up and continued to explain to everyone: "And after careful inspection by the foreman, it was found that besides the wound left by the machete on the back of the deceased, there was also a deep wound caused by a short weapon. .Although it is difficult to judge whether it was left with a fish-shaped dagger due to the blurred wound, the lower official believes that this is also a possibility."

After Jiang Lin finished speaking, everyone was convinced by the truth he deduced.

Only when Zhang Yaozuo lost track of the rhythm and wanted to sneak out to go to the bathroom, Sima Guang went with him very considerately, and even followed Jiang Lin's reasoning logic for him along the way, Zhang Yaozuo suddenly understood.

The other four mice who were watching secretly on the eaves were also very encouraged.They originally thought that the fifth brother would be convicted of a felony for stealing the Yuehua Pearl, but they did not expect that the other party would become the most important witness in the whole case.

Unexpectedly, before the four mice could breathe a sigh of relief for their younger brother, Bao Zheng's next question brought their hearts into their throats again.

"Where is the Moonlight Pearl now?"

"Now there are two possibilities. One is that it is still hidden somewhere by Zheng He, and the other is that it has been taken away by the real murderer." Jiang Lin said calmly, "Xiaguan thinks The latter is more likely."

After all, if the murderer hadn't already obtained the Moonlight Pearl, why didn't he spare Zheng He's life?

Bao Zheng pondered for a moment, and said: "It seems that we need to bring this assassin of Treading Hall to justice as soon as possible. Jiang Shaocheng, who is this person instigated by? Do you have any other clues?"

Jiang Lin hesitated for a moment, then said, "No."

Jiang Lin had already agreed with Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao not to mention the matter of the Pei Mansion.

After all, the other party's relationship in Beijing and China is intricate, and this interrogation is mainly to clear Bai Yutang of suspicion.If Bai Yutang's one-sided words were used to leverage such a huge Pei family, it would be called whimsical.

Therefore, it would inevitably involve more forces and make the situation more complicated. Jiang Lin chose to let Bai Yutang keep some of his testimony.

Jiang Lin completed the sentence and said: "I don't know who hired such a killer to take the lives of Chen Zhifu and Zheng Shusheng."

·

The second half of the interrogation was led by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, mainly discussing how to deal with Wei Heng who had already been arrested.

In view of the fact that Yu Shun'er and the real murderer have not been found, Wei Heng's punishment is first set to be executed in autumn, so as to facilitate the continuous interrogation of the source of evidence in the Lu Ping case.If there is evidence and tolerance, then discuss the matter of extrajudicial grace.

The interrogation was finally over, Bai Yutang was temporarily cleared of his suspicions, and finally relaxed a bit.Seeing the marks left by Sishu on the ground, he only made a gesture with Zhan Zhaoyuan, and then went to find his brothers.

Relieved, Jiang Linchang sighed: "Before the trial, I always felt that something would go wrong, but I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. It can be seen that the intuition is not trustworthy."

Sima Guang glanced over Zhang Yaozuo who was walking in the carriage, turned his head and cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, Brother Baishi, you have paid a good job to the official."

"Ashamed." Jiang Lin waved his hands modestly.

"By the way, I'm already making preparations for teaching assistants, please don't worry, Brother Baishi." As he spoke, Sima Guang taught his servants to take out a bookcase from the carriage, "This is my wife looking for books from home. Some of the books that have been annotated when preparing for the imperial examination may be of use to you."

Jiang Lin took the heavy bookcase and said emotionally, "You really have a heart, thank you."

"You and I don't have to be so polite."

"Jiang Shaocheng." Bao Zheng walked up to the two of them, and Sima Guang saw that the other party had something to say to Jiang Lin, so he got into the carriage and left first.

After everyone else walked away, Bao Zheng seriously gave his evaluation of Jiang Lin's performance today: "The case is not bad, and it can solve the rumors that the dog in the city killed people. It's a pity that we couldn't find the Moonlight Pearl, I'm afraid It's rare for an official to favor you."

"……what do you mean?"

"Today's answer sheet, if the full score is [-], I will give you a score of [-]. But for the officials, just because you didn't find the Moonlight Pearl, the officials can give you a score of [-]. "

Bao Zheng slowed down his speech, and said seriously: "If you have the ability, you must try to retrieve the Moonlight Pearl before the next day's sacrificial ceremony."

Jiang Lin: "..."

It's advice, why does it sound like a threat?