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

36 Kongdu Poor Night

As Xiang Zhiyu said, in this case, if she, the so-called witness, was not innocent, it would be very difficult for the judges to convict the Pei family.

Jiang Lin originally wanted to write a report on what Xiang Jiyu had done, and submit it to Fu Yi first to ask his boss for his opinion.

But Aunt Yingqi from Pei's mansion was waiting at his door, so he naturally had to go to Pei's mansion to see Mrs. Pei first.

Because the reason he was invited was to "take testimony", Jiang Lin even brought Xie Ling with him.

"Jiang Shaocheng, good morning." Xie Ling is a standard scholar with a physique, the fall last night was really serious, and today he also looks dizzy.

But they still have to keep going to work.

Even Jiang Lin had to sigh the pain of the social animals.

Coming to Pei Mansion again, Jiang Lin found that the appearance of the Pei Mansion courtyard was quite different from before.

Previously, for the new funeral of the prefect of Chen, all the people in Pei's house wore plain clothes and white clothes, but now that the time for the burial is approaching, there is some red in the white.One row of people was holding precious and stable funeral objects, while the other row was carrying red clothes, red silk and gold ingots. The criss-crossing teams saw Jiang Lin split.

Xie Ling frowned slightly when she saw it.

No matter how you look at these things, they seem to be used for marriage. Pei Shilang has lost his wife for a long time, and some things have happened. Now there is only one Pei Guang who is not married at the right age in Pei's residence.Could it be that he is going to marry a wife during the filial piety period?This is against the law of etiquette.

Xie Ling couldn't help asking Aunt Yingqi who was leading the way: "What kind of happy event is your residence going to have? Could it be Young Master Pei..."

Yingqi saw the doubts of the two of them, and replied respectfully: "You two officials, don't misunderstand. In fact, the young master has never planned to get married. This time, Master Chen left in a hurry, and the wife suddenly fell ill again. He said that he wanted to congratulate his wife, so he wanted to teach the young master to make an early marriage."

"The madam specifically asked for the official's approval during the sacrifice. Everything in the wedding was simple. Only a small number of relatives and friends were invited, and no extravagance was used. The ones you just saw are actually for the two who have just adopted my wife's knees. Prepared by a young master."

Pei Guang has already turned eighteen, and if he waits another three years to keep his filial piety, he will be a proper late-married leftover man. It is normal for Pei Beiqing to be anxious to get him married sooner.

Now with the official's permission, Jiang Lin and Xie Ling naturally couldn't say anything more, but thinking about Pei Beiqing's pretending to be sick, the nature of the whole incident became very strange.

Pei Guang was very concerned about Mrs. Pei's condition before, so he probably didn't know the fact that the other party was pretending to be sick. Perhaps the consent to the marriage was really out of filial piety.

But no matter how Jiang Lin looked at it, he couldn't help but feel that although the prefect Chen was indeed a high-ranking member of the Pei family, the status of this family was too low.

Turning around the garden, Jiang Lin saw Pei Beiqing talking to the old man, and two thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys in the distance were standing under the eaves and seriously reciting a book. They should be the two new young masters that Ying Qi was talking about.

Xie Ling whispered to Jiang Lin: "The person talking to Mrs. Pei should be her uncle Pei Yong, the second wife. He has always been very close to Pei's lineage.

Jiang Lin let out a "huh" in his heart, the prime minister can catch a lot of high-ranking households, it's really amazing.

Seeing Jiang Lin and the others coming, Pei Beiqing only had a few words with her uncle before inviting them to the living room for a private conversation.When Pei Yong left, Jiang Lin could clearly feel that there was no friendliness in the complicated eyes the other party cast on him.

"Jiang Shaocheng, we meet again." Pei Beiqing took the seat at the main seat, and said gracefully, "Whether it's the deceased husband or the concubine brother, I have caused you trouble."

"Don't dare."

Jiang Lin skipped the meaning of "Why is it always you" in the other party's words, and cut to the point: "I came here today, I want to confirm with you again, are you sure you really smelled it on Pei Shilang that night? Bloody smell? Is there anyone else who can corroborate what you noticed?"

Pei Beiqing said: "Jiang Shaocheng asks this, but he also doubts the authenticity of my testimony?"

"Mrs. Pei, don't think too much." When dealing with people like Pei Beiqing, Jiang Lin inevitably needs to choose his words carefully, he explained, "You should also know that generally according to the principle, judges will not easily use any testimony from the suspect's relatives , either for its benefit or against it.”

This point follows the Confucian emphasis on "relatives conceal each other".It is human nature to want to protect relatives. In order to prevent cover-up, relatives will turn against each other and brothers will kill each other. Unless other witnesses cannot be found, people who are related to the suspect cannot testify in court.

Therefore, Pei Beiqing's previous actions were actually exploiting a loophole, suspected of breaking the law.

Therefore, if Mrs. Pei's testimony is to be valid, it must be proved that her relationship with Pei Shilang is estranged, which can reach the point of justice.But the easiest and most effective way is to find other supporting evidence.

Originally, Pei Beiqing should have been told about Yu Shun'er's matter, but since Xiang Jiyu was involved in this matter, it was inconvenient for Pei Beiqing to know for the time being.

But the troublesome part of this case is that it also involves hired murder.At that time, Bai Yutang had witnessed the servants in Pei's mansion releasing pigeons and privately contacting the assassin of Tuxuetang, but he didn't know who the servant was.

Mrs. Pei, or Pei Shilang, or both.

"I don't know if there is a servant around him who can prove that blood was found on Pei Shilang's clothes?"

"Of course there are." Pei Beiqing was very good at walking down the steps, she waved lightly, and a maid was brought up by Ying Qi shivering.

Pei Beiqing said, "Tell me about what you saw earlier."

"The servant girl welcomes the spring, and she is Master Pei's personal maid." The servant girl knelt down in the tunnel and said nervously, "On the day Mr. Pei comes back at night, the servant girl is responsible for washing and changing clothes for him. But when the servant girl sends Master Pei's clothes to the laundry When I was waiting for the servant girl, but, I saw some blood stains on the hem of his clothes..."

As she said that, Ying Qi sent the blood-stained robe to Jiang Lin, and added: "This dress was sewn by the maids in the mansion. When Master Pei returned to Beijing, Madam taught me to send it to you personally." I went to the master. The day the master had an accident, it should be the first time he wore this dress."

For some reason, Jiang Lin felt that what Ying Qi said was slightly awkward.

He looked at the maid again, and caught a hint of information from her expression that seemed to be asking for help. Immediately, Jiang Lin sharply saw a small bruise on the other's wrist.

Yingqi realized that Jiang Lin had noticed this, and explained: "This girl sneaked out of the mansion before and spread some bad words in the city, so she was punished. Don't worry, everything she said is from the mansion. People can testify, right?"

All the servants who were swept by Ying Qi hurriedly nodded and agreed.

Jiang Lin and Xie Ling looked at each other.

The problem of the Pei family is really too big.

·

In the afternoon, Jiang Lin reported to Fu Yi the ins and outs of catching Xiang Zhiyu yesterday and having no choice but to let him escape.

Jiang Lindao: "Judge Xie has written the details into a report. At that time, Bai Yutang can testify in court and explain what happened last night."

After hearing this, Fu Yi frowned tightly.

"Pei Shilang applied for a few more judges to assist in the case. According to the complexity of the case and his identity, the third department has already approved his request." Fu Yi put Jiang Lin's report aside, Said, "If there is a new judge to defend Pei Shilang at that time, then the suspiciousness of Xiangzhi's words will become evidence of Pei Shilang's innocence."

"If you hand in this testimony, the judges will know that Xiang Jiyu once admitted that he would help Pei Shilang, and that he would probably kill Hua Ninghuan and put the blame on Pei Shilang. Combined with Xiangjiyu's previous If Shi Lang insists that he was framed by her, what will you do?"

Jiang Lin said calmly: "Even if there is evidence to prove that Pei Shilang was framed, it is the responsibility of the subordinate to prove his innocence."

Fu Yi sighed and said: "But don't forget, you were the prosecutor who first suspected Pei Shilang's guilt, even if you finally proved his innocence, Pei Shilang would not be grateful to you at all."

Jiang Lin is also very aware of this, but since he dared to "offend" Pei Shilang, he can naturally accept all the consequences it brought.

He said: "Let me first explain that the lower officials did not infer Pei Shilang's guilt. He was identified as the biggest suspect in this case based on his reaction and various evidences. It is also a matter of business to send him up for questioning. Whether he is guilty or not is a matter for the judges. If the judges decide to include Xiang Zhiyu in the scope of suspicion, the next judge will naturally be fine."

"Moreover, the judge only needs to be responsible for the truth of the case. If everyone is afraid of offending someone, then what's the use of the law? Just do whatever you want to sentence and you can't sentence it."

Fu Yi looked at him and said helplessly, "You just think you've lived too long!"

Jiang Lin: "...it should be, shouldn't it be?"

Fu Yi looked indifferent.

... After thinking of the many murders he had witnessed recently, Jiang Lin also faintly felt false about his future.

But at least he is a scholar who has shown his face in front of the officials. In the Song Dynasty, he should not be easily killed.

Jiang Lin said very optimistically, "If you really think that the next few days will be easy for you, why don't you skip the law test in half a month and be promoted to my official position directly, so that you can teach me to walk in a decent way... ..."

"Get out!" Fu Yi was so angry that Jiang Lin's beard was so angry that he could change the rules of the assessment for promotion?It can be seen that this kid doesn't worry about his own life and death, what is he still worried about here?

Jiang Lin was directly kicked out of the back hall by Fu Yi.

Just when it was time to get off work, Jiang Lin left Dali Temple.Unable to get Fu Yi's "open side", he was thinking about how he could gnaw those hard-to-read law books in front of the little stone on the premise of standing on the premise of being a schoolmaster, while walking home, But he was suddenly blocked by two people.

Jiang Lin took a closer look, it was Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang from yesterday.

"I haven't had time to ask in the future, you two..."

"Are you okay?" Before he could say these words, Jiang Lin changed his tone and said, "Why do you two look so strange?"

Bai Yutang raised his left arm, along with Zhan Zhao's right arm, towards him with a full face.

Seeing the helplessness written on Zhan Zhao's face, Jiang Lin said in surprise, "This is..."

"You have the nerve to say, it's not that the Xiangjiyu did a good job yesterday!" Bai Yutang glared at the helpless Zhan Zhao standing beside him, and said, "I can't untie it no matter what! I've tied up Fifth Master for a whole day. ! She is sick, she is!"

Seeing the arms of the two tightly tied together by a rope, Jiang Lin finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.