Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

Soon, the trial time limit was about to expire. Qin Yunhe announced that he would adjourn the court and resume the trial on another day.

There is certainly no conclusive evidence to prove Yan Guixiang's innocence, nor is there any conclusive evidence that she was poisoned.

On Jinbiao's side, the evidence seems to be solid, but in fact it is full of loopholes.

The witnesses he provided were all servants in the mansion, Doctor Chen himself was also a suspect, and the physical evidence was full of loopholes.

The only thing that could really convict Yan Guixiang was that she embezzled property, but this was not the most important thing.

Qin Yunhe frowned and returned to the inner court.

When sitting in court to try a case, not to mention the people in the court, even Qin Yunhe, the presiding judge, had to pay attention to his manners. After sitting for an hour or two, he would feel sore in the waist and back and exhausted after leaving the court.

"Sir, what do you want for dinner?" the servant asked when he saw him come back.

"Just heat up the vegetable dumplings and biscuits that Zhuzi brought back, and add a plate of pickled vegetables."

"Would you like to make another soup?"

Not to mention that Qin Yunhe was so tired that he didn't want to eat at the moment, even in normal times, he was not a person who cared about food and drink.

"No need, just make something casual."

"How many hot vegetable dumplings are there? Connect mine." Li Chang came in from outside and ordered, "My lord, you don't want soup, but I do. Do you have any autumn vegetables left? Let's have some autumn vegetable soup."

"Okay, Mr. Li."

Li Chang sat down casually and poured himself a cup of tea, saying, "Your Excellency, don't worry too much. Although it seems that the evidence in all aspects is not conclusive now, at least it can be seen that there are indeed problems with this case. They must have acted in a hurry at the time and did not expect Your Excellency to be so serious, so there are many loopholes.

As long as there is a loophole, we will always find evidence. Why not wait a few days until the people below come back and talk about it."

"I know in my heart that some evidence can probably be found. I just don't know to what extent. This matter not only concerns Yan Guixiang's innocence, but also involves several lives. What I am worried about is missing evidence and letting the dead rest in peace."

Qin Yunhe sighed softly and picked up the homework done by Yuger on the desk.

Li Chang saw him looking at Yu Ge'er's homework, and he laughed and scolded him, "This brat. I brought him a lot of delicious food, but he only thought about you, the teacher, and didn't even care about me, his uncle."

Qin Yunhe also smiled softly, and after reading it carefully, he couldn't help feeling relieved.

Yuger is a really sensible child. He occasionally slacks off when he is around, but never worries him when he is not around.

But now that we are far apart, I cannot teach him and I’m really worried that it will affect his studies.

I don’t know whether the Li family has hired another teacher for him.

Qin Yunhe picked up the two poems written by Yuger and looked at them carefully.

Li Chang also leaned over to take a look: "How is it?"

Qin Yunhe smiled and said, "The child's innocence is simple and adorable."

"Haha, you are really a gentleman. You always find the good points of your disciples to praise."

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Two days later, a bailiff sent to Fuyu County came back with the coroner to report the progress.

"…Sir, I have examined the body of Qiu Xiaoya, the maid of the Jin family, Kou'er. Kou'er was indeed poisoned to death. Here are Kou'er's autopsy report and body compartment, please have a look."

Qin Yunhe took the report and looked at it carefully. The report recorded the coroner's autopsy results.

The yamen runner who followed him back said, "The Qiu family originally refused to allow the coffin to be opened for an autopsy. Later, even though the autopsy proved that Qiu Xiaoya was poisoned, the Qiu family still did not want to go to the authorities.

We found the owner of the funeral shop who collected Qiu Xiaoya's body, and hoped that he could come to court to testify to prove that Qiu Xiaoya's death was unusual, but he refused.

The man just said that since the autopsy had proved that she died of poisoning, there was no need for him to be a witness.

Brother Zhang San asked me to report to the Lord that if witnesses are really needed in the end, he will try to persuade the funeral shop owner to come to court. "

Qin Yunhe nodded.

In this way, although it cannot be directly proved that Jin Biao killed someone, it has at least proved that the Jin family must be involved.

"I have asked about the situation of the wives of the Jin family. What do you think?"

"Your Excellency, the brothers have inquired about the situation of the wives of the Jin family from various sources.

Jin Biao's first wife, Yang, was engaged to Jin Biao since childhood. They had been married for more than six years, but had no children. It was said that Yang's health was not good since childhood, and she often had a poor appetite. In addition, Jin Biao was always considerate to Yang, so when she died of illness, the Yang family did not have any doubts.

Zhang, who was remarried later, began to feel unwell more than a year after entering the family, and died more than a year later. It is said that Zhang's family made a big fuss at the time, saying that Jin Biao had killed someone, but the claim of killing someone cannot be used to convict someone. In the end, someone mediated and the matter was left unresolved. Now Zhang's brother and his family have moved to the south.

Then there was the third wife of the Jin family, Fang. It was said that Fang was not valued by her family when she was at home. At that time, she was only promised to Jin Biao because of the high gift from the Jin family. More than a year after the two got married, Fang became pregnant. When she was about four or five months pregnant, Fang had a miscarriage and then committed suicide. The Fang family did not care about this daughter at first, and did not have any doubts.

We didn't meet the families of the two former wives of Mrs. Jin, but we did meet the Fang family. However, the Fang family didn't want to mention this daughter at all, so we didn't ask anything.

However, it is said that before Fang became pregnant, someone saw her with a wound on her face. But this was also a retelling of the story, because the person who saw the wound on her face was the wife of a wealthy man in Fuyu County, so it is inconvenient for us to ask. If necessary, you need to give your order. "

Fang had a wound on her face.

Maybe Fang really is the breakthrough point.

"Coroner, if we open the coffin and perform an autopsy now, can we tell whether Fang committed suicide or was strangled to death?"

The coroner said in embarrassment: "Your Excellency, Fang has been dead for several years now, and it is likely that he has decayed into bones. It must be difficult to determine whether it was suicide or strangulation."

Although I know it won’t be that simple, I can’t help but feel a little disappointed.

Qin Yunhe then asked the yamen runner, "Did you hear any other news?"

"Yes." The yamen runner continued, "We also found out something. Brother Li Si said it might be useful, it all depends on how you use it. We found out that Doctor Chen was harassed by a patient named Wang many years ago. They said that Doctor Chen had killed their family member and sued him to the yamen. At that time, Jin Biao's father was still alive, and he stepped in to mediate and appease the family, and in the end the matter was left unresolved."

There is such a thing. No wonder the relationship between the two families is so good.

A bailiff came hurriedly outside the hall and said, "Sir, Doctor Chen just said that he can't stay in the city for long and has to go back to Fuyu County."

"No, let him wait in the city for the court session."

"But he said he was a witness, not the plaintiff or defendant. He said there were patients waiting for him to treat, and since the Lord had not come to court, he couldn't waste time here."

"He said that a patient claimed that he had killed someone, and now he has brought the case to the government office."

"Yes."